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   THANKSGIVING CUSTARD
BAKED IN PUMPKIN

1 medium sugar pumpkin
6 eggs
2 C. heavy whipping cream
1/2 C. packed brown sugar
1 T. molasses
1/2 t. ground nutmeg
1/2 t. ground cinnamon
1/4 t. ground ginger
1 T. butter

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F  (175 degrees C)

Cut the lid off the pumpkin and remove the seeds

Combine the eggs, whipping cream, brown sugar, molasses, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger.  Pour mixture into the pumpkin shell and top with the butter.  Replace lid on pumpkin and place in baking pan.

Bake for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until mixture has set like a custard.  Allow to cool and serve right from the pumpkin at the table, scraping some of the meat from the pumpkin wall with each serving