There are loads of pumpkin pie recipes out there, but very few which are sized just for one! I found one the other day on a blog called One Dish Kitchen and I was very keen to try it for myself.
It looked delicious, and I happened to have pumpkin leftover from when I baked the spiced chocolate pumpkin cake recipe last weekend. I wanted to use some of that up. I froze the rest.
Pumpkin is one of those things which actually freezes very well. I divide it into small plastic tubs and pop 1 cup of pumpkin puree into each one. Tightly sealed they will keep for quite a while in the freezer.
You never know when you will need a cup of pumpkin. Its great for in soups, casseroles and bakes. When you live all by yourself as I do, you need to be quite practical when it comes to things like this. I hate waste and my freezer is my best friend.
The idea of a pumpkin pie sized just for one really appealed to me. I quite like pumpkin pie but would struggle to eat a whole pie all by myself.
When I was a child pumpkin pie was my least favorite of all the pies, although I used to eat it anyways. Because it was, well, pie. And beggars can't be choosers!
When it came to dessert at Thanksgiving every year, it was always Pumpkin Pie. That was it, so if you wanted dessert, you ate pumpkin pie. I ate it begrudgingly because it was dessert and it was pie.
