On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:47:27 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> connected the dots and wrote:

~In article >,
~ Dave Smith > wrote:
~
~> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
~>
~> > I want to make a pumpkin pie without the crust -- a pumpkin
custard, I
~> > guess. Must it be baked? In a pie plate? If not baked, what?
~> > Anything I should be alert about or not do?
~>
~> A pumpkin pie is basically pumpkin custard baked in a pie shell,
and I can't
~> see any reason that it could not be done in a greased baking dish.
You may
~> want to cut down on the pumpkin to give it a more custard like
texture.
~
~I think I'll stick with the usual amount in the recipe, Dave. I'm
less
~interested in the 'custardness' of it than in not putting it in a pie
~shell. I found a recipe that involves no yolks and skim milk. Not
~sure I'm going there.

Hehe. Sounds like you found one of the ones I've given my husband
over the years.

maxine in ri