No-Bake Pumpkin Pie

Name: No-Bake Pumpkin Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 5 ounces (142 grams), 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; 135 grams); 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

Desserts or Baked Goods

A no-bake pumpkin pie sounds appealing, but not if the filling is starchy or dense. Could we reformulate this recipe and make it worthy of the holiday table?

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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