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(Zspider) wrote in
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> Thanks for the recipe, Wayne. I had one close to yours, with the
> brown sugar instead of white, but the one I have uses maple syrup
> instead of molasses. And your combination of spices look delicious.
>
> Because this was my first pumpkin pie, I opted for the standard
> version with white sugar. I needed to establish a baseline before
> I tried something a little exotic.

Michael, you probably made a good choice in making a standard version for
your first pumpkin pie. I'd have done the same thing. As you said, you
needed a baseline before branching out to other versions.

> One thing that I wondered about was the spices. Two of the recipes
> I looked at recommended cinammon, ginger, and clove, and another
> substituted nutmeg for the clove. I didn't have clove so I used
> nutmeg and it was good.

Spices for pumpkin pie can vary considerably from recipe to recipe. I
really like nutmeg and would probably have done the same thing.

This last pie I made using the traditional UK mixed spice blend was by far
the best spice combination I've ever had and I will no doubt continue using
it. You might want to give it a shot next time, even if you don't use the
dark brown sugar and molasses.

> Michael
>

Cheers!

--
Wayne in Phoenix

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