No-Bake Pumpkin Pie

Name: No-Bake Pumpkin Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 5 ounces, graham cracker crumbs (9 whole crackers), broken into large pieces; 2 tablespoons, sugar; 5 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and warm; 3 tablespoons, orange juice (cold); 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons, gelatin (from 1 package); 1 cup, heavy cream (cold); 2/3 cup, sugar (4 3/4 ounces); 3/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon, ground ginger; 1/4 teaspoon, ground nutmeg; 1/8 teaspoon, ground cloves; 3 , large egg yolks; 1 , (15-ounce) can pumpkin puree (1 3/4 cups), (plain, not pumpkie pie mix)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2006

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SERVES8

TIME1 hour, plus 30 minutes cooling and 9 hours chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our classic graham cracker crust provided a simple and sturdy base for our no-bake pumpkin pie recipe. We achieved the right consistency for our pumpkin pie filling recipe by choosing the right thickener: a modest amount (2 teaspoons) of ge...

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