Best Pumpkin Pie Crunch Recipes

BOBBY FLAY'S PUMPKIN PIE WITH CINNAMON CRUNCH AND BOURBON-MAPLE WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• To make the cinnamon crunch, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the flour, oats, muscovado sugar, and cinnamon in a food processor, and process a few times to combine. Add the butter and pulse until combined. Pat the mixture evenly into a 4-inch square on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until golden brown and crisp, about 15 minutes. Remove and let cool. Transfer to a cutting board and chop into small pieces. Keep the oven on.
• To make the crust, combine the graham cracker crumbs, butter, and cinnamon in a bowl and mix until combined. Press evenly onto the bottom and sides of a 10-inch pie plate. Brush with the beaten egg. Bake until light golden brown and firm, about 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees F.
• To make the filling, whisk the eggs, egg yolks, both sugars, and the molasses together in a medium bowl. Mix in the pumpkin puree, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. Whisk in the heavy cream, milk, and vanilla seeds or extract. Strain the mixture through a coarse strainer into a bowl. Whisk in the butter.
• Place the pie plate on a baking sheet, pour the pumpkin mixture into the shell, and sprinkle additional cinnamon over the top. Bake until the filling is set around edges but the center still jiggles slightly when shaken, 45 to 60 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool to room temperature, about 2 hours.
• Cut the pie into slices and top each with a large dollop of whipped cream and some of the cinnamon crunch.
• Combine the cream, vanilla seeds, maple syrup, and bourbon, to taste, in a large chilled bowl, and whip until soft peaks form.

PUMPKIN PIE WITH BOURBON-MAPLE WHIPPED CREAM AND CINNAMON CRUNCH

Steps:

• Make the cinnamon crunch: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Combine the flour, oats, light muscovado sugar and cinnamon in a food processor and process a few times to combine. Add the butter and pulse until combined. Pat the mixture evenly into a 4-inch square on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until golden brown and crisp, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool. Transfer to a cutting board and chop into small pieces. Keep the oven on.
• Make the crust: Combine the graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and cinnamon in a bowl and mix until combined. Press evenly into the bottom and up the sides of a 10-inch pie plate. Brush with the beaten egg. Bake until golden brown and firm, about 12 minutes. Let cool on a rack.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees F. Make the filling: Whisk the eggs, egg yolks, dark muscovado sugar, granulated sugar and molasses in a medium bowl. Whisk in the pumpkin puree, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and salt. Whisk in the heavy cream, milk and vanilla seeds or extract. Strain the mixture through a coarse strainer into a bowl. Whisk in the melted butter.
• Place the pie plate on a baking sheet, pour the pumpkin filling into the crust and sprinkle additional cinnamon over the top. Bake until the filling is set around the edges but the center still jiggles slightly when shaken, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool to room temperature, about 2 hours.
• Make the whipped cream: Combine the heavy cream, vanilla seeds, maple syrup and bourbon, to taste, in a large chilled bowl and whip until soft peaks form. Top the pie with the whipped cream and cinnamon crunch.
• Top off your feast with one (or more!) of these tasty pies.

APPLE BUTTER-PUMPKIN PIE W/PECAN CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. Put pie shell in freezer for 20 minutes. For topping, in medium bowl, combine brown sugar, butter, and nutmeg. Stir in pecans. Set aside. In large bowl, whisk eggs, then beat in pumpkin, apple butter, granulated sugar, cinnamon, ginger, salt, and allspice until blended. Whisk in cream until smooth. Turn filling into pie shell. Bake 45 minutes, or until filling is just set and knife inserted 2" from center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack. Preheat broiler. Sprinkle topping evenly over pie. Cover edges of crust with foil. Broil 7" from heat for 1-1/2 minutes, or until topping is golden and sugar is dissolved. Cool slightly on wire rack.

PUMPKIN PIE CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease bottom of 13x9x2-inch pan.
• Combine pumpkin, evaporated milk, eggs, sugar, pumpkin pie spice and salt in large bowl.
• Pour into pan.
• Sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over pumpkin mixture. Top with pecans.
• Drizzle with melted butter.
• Bake at 350°F for 50 to 55 minutes or until golden. (Check it early).
• Cool completely. Serve with whipped topping. Refrigerate leftovers.

BOBBY FLAY'S PUMPKIN PIE WITH CINNAMON CRUNCH AND BOURBON-MAPLE WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• To make the cinnamon crunch, preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Combine the flour, oats, muscovado sugar, and cinnamon in a food processor, and process a few times to combine. Add the butter and pulse until combined. Pat the mixture evenly into a 4-inch square on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until golden brown and crisp, about 15 minutes. Remove and let cool. Transfer to a cutting board and chop into small pieces. Keep the oven on.
• To make the crust, combine the graham cracker crumbs, butter, and cinnamon in a bowl and mix until combined. Press evenly onto the bottom and sides of a 10-inch pie plate. Brush with the beaten egg. Bake until light golden brown and firm, about 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 300°F.
• To make the filling, whisk the eggs, egg yolks, both sugars, and the molasses together in a medium bowl. Mix in the pumpkin puree, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. Whisk in the heavy cream, milk, and vanilla seeds or extract. Strain the mixture through a coarse strainer into a bowl. Whisk in the butter.
• Place the pie plate on a baking sheet, pour the pumpkin mixture into the shell, and sprinkle additional cinnamon over the top. Bake until the filling is set around edges but the center still jiggles slightly when shaken, 45 to 60 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool to room temperature, about 2 hours.
• Cut the pie into slices and top each with a large dollop of whipped cream and some of the cinnamon crunch.
• Bourbon-Maple Whipped Cream
• Combine the cream, vanilla seeds, maple syrup, and bourbon in a large chilled bowl, and whip until soft peaks form.

PUMPKIN CRUNCH PIE

Steps:

• Make the crust: Roll out dough to just under 1/4 inch thick (11-inch diameter) on a lightly floured surface and fit into a 9-inch glass pie plate. Trim excess, leaving a 1-inch overhang; fold edges under, pressing gently to seal. Freeze for at least 1 hour or up to 1 week.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line crust with parchment and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake until edges are lightly browned and bottom crust is cooked through, about 30 minutes. Remove parchment and weights; continue baking until entire crust is golden, about 10 minutes more. Let cool completely on a wire rack, about 1 hour.
• While crust cools, make the topping: Combine flour, brown sugar, salt, and pecans in a bowl. Rub in butter with your fingers until mixture is well combined and crumbly. Crumble evenly onto a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until golden and crisp, about 12 minutes. Let cool.
• Make the filling: Pulse cream cheese in a food processor until smooth. Add sugar and pumpkin and process until smooth, occasionally scraping down sides of bowl. Add egg and yolk, flour, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves; process until incorporated.
• Pour filling into cooled pie shell. Bake until custard is puffed and just set, tenting with foil if crust is browning too quickly, about 33 minutes. Evenly distribute crumble topping over hot pie, crumbling any large clumps with fingers. Let pie cool completely on a wire rack, then refrigerate until cold and firm, at least 4 hours and up to overnight.

TRADITIONAL PUMPKIN PIE WITH A WALNUT-CRUNCH TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Toss the walnuts, brown sugar and maple syrup in a small mixing bowl.
• Combine the pumpkin, milk, sugar, eggs, spices and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Mix well.
• Transfer 3/4 cup of the walnut-sugar mixture to the bottom of the pie shell. Pour pumpkin batter over the walnut mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F; bake for an additional 40 to 50 minutes (or until a toothpick inserted in the pie's center comes out clean).
• Cool pie on a baker's wire rack. Meanwhile, add butter to the remaining walnut-sugar mixture; stir until moistened. Sprinkle over the cooled pie. Broil about 5-inches form heat for 2 to 3 minutes, or until bubbly. Cool before serving.
• Provide your guests with their choice of sweetened whipped cream or French vanilla ice cream with a sprinkling of orange zest, and get ready for the applause!

PECAN CRUNCH PUMPKIN-CHEESECAKE PIE

Steps:

• In a medium mixing bowl beat cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium to high speed until smooth. With mixer on low to medium speed, beat in granulated sugar, vanilla, and 1 egg until smooth. Stir in lemon peel. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare Pastry for Deep-Dish Pie. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 13-inch circle. Ease pastry into a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond edge of plate; fold extra pastry under until even with the plates rim and crimp edges. Spoon cream-cheese mixture into the pastry-lined pie plate, spreading evenly.
• In a medium mixing bowl stir together pumpkin, half-and-half or light cream, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 2 eggs, pumpkin pie spice, and salt. Carefully pour over cream cheese mixture.
• Bake, loosely covered with foil, in a 350° oven for 30 minutes. Uncover; bake for 30 to 40 minutes more or until center is just set. In a small bowl combine 3 tablespoons brown sugar, flour, and butter. Stir in pecans. Sprinkle pecan mixture evenly over pie filling. Bake 10 to 15 minutes more or until topping starts to brown. Cool 1 hour on a wire rack. Chill at least 2 hours before serving. Serve with sweetened whipped cream. For longer storage, cover and keep refrigerated. Makes 8 to 10 servings.
• Pastry for Deep-Dish Pie: In a medium bowl stir together 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in 6 tablespoons shortening until the pieces are pea size. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon cold water over part of the flour mixture; gently toss with a fork. Push moistened dough to the side of bowl. Repeat, using 1 tablespoon water at a time, until all the flour is moistened (about 5 to 6 tablespoons total water). Form into a ball.

CARAMEL PECAN CRUNCH PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Coat the bottom of the graham cracker crust with 2 tablespoons caramel; cover with 1/2 of the chopped pecans.
• Mix pumpkin puree, milk, vanilla pudding mix, cheesecake pudding mix, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a large bowl until smooth. Pour over pecans in the pie crust. Smooth whipped topping over the surface with a spatula.
• Drizzle remaining 2 tablespoons caramel over whipped topping. Garnish with remaining chopped pecans. Refrigerate until pie is chilled through and firm, at least 1 hour.

WALNUT-CRUNCH PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat eggs. Beat in the pumpkin, milk, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, ginger and nutmeg. Pour into pastry shell., Cover edges loosely with foil. Bake at 425° for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°. Remove foil; bake 35-40 minutes longer or until set and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 2 hours., In a small bowl, combine the topping ingredients; sprinkle over pie. Cover edges loosely with foil. broil 3-4 in. from the heat for about 2 minutes or until golden brown. Remove foil. Store in the refrigerator.

CHEX® PUMPKIN PIE CRUNCH

Steps:

• In small bowl, mix brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice; set aside. In small microwave-safe dish, microwave butter on High about 30 seconds or until melted. Stir in vanilla. In large microwaveable bowl, mix all cereals and pecans. Pour butter mixture over cereal mixture, stirring until evenly distributed. Add sugar and spice mixture and stir until coated.
• Microwave uncovered on High 5 minutes or until mixture begins to brown, stirring every minute. Spread on wax paper or a cookie sheet to cool. Store in airtight container.

CARAMEL-CRUNCH PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup brown sugar, walnuts and butter until crumbly. Press onto the bottom of pastry shell. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, pumpkin, extract, cinnamon, salt, mace, ginger and remaining brown sugar until blended; stir in cream. , Pour into pastry shell. Cover edges loosely with foil. Bake at 400° for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°; bake 40-45 minutes longer or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove foil. Cool on a wire rack. , Garnish with whipped cream and additional walnuts if desired. Refrigerate leftovers.

PUMPKIN PECAN PRALINE CRUNCH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Mix together sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves (pumpkin pie spice can be substituted for cinnamon, ginger, and cloves in equivalent amount).
• In a separate bowl beat eggs until they are blended.
• Beat the sweetened condensed milk into the eggs.
• Slowly beat in the pumpkin.
• Beat in the mixture of seasonings and sugar.
• Pour 1/2 of mixture into each uncooked deep dish pie shell.
• Cream brown sugar and butter together.
• Mix the pecans into the dry flour.
• Mix flour and pecans into the brown sugar butter mixture until well incorporated.
• Sprinkle half of praline crunch topping onto each pie.
• Bake at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes.
• Reduce temperature to 350 and continue baking for 35-45 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center of the pie comes out clean.

PUMPKIN PIE CRUNCH (LIGHT VERSION)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325. Spray 9x13 glass pan with non-stick spray.
• In a large bowl, combine first 6 ingredients (pumpkin through spice). Pour into pan.
• Sprinkle boxed muffin mix on top of pumpkin. Then sprinkle with quick oats and pecans. Drizzle melted butter over all.
• Bake 325 degrees for 50 minutes, or until edges are golden and a knife inserted in the center tests clean.
• May serve with Lite Cool Whip.

PUMPKIN CRUNCH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix pumpkin puree, eggs, cream, 1/2 cup honey, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt together in a bowl until smooth. Pour filling into pie crust.
• Bake pie in the preheated oven until filling is almost set and edges are beginning to brown, 50 to 60 minutes. Remove pie from oven.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat; stir in 1/4 cup honey. Add coconut and almonds; toss to combine. Spread over pie.
• Place pie back in the oven and bake until topping is toasted and golden, about 10 to 15 minutes more.
• Remove pie from oven and allow to cool completely.

PUMPKIN PIE CRUNCH BARS

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom of 13 x 9 pan.
• 2. Mix pumpkin, eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, salt together in a bowl. Pour mixture into the greased pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix over pumpkin mixture and top with pecans. Drizzle melted butter over the top.
• 3. Bake 50-55 minutes.
• 4. Refrigerate after cool. You may serve with whipped cream when serving.

EASY BUTTERY PUMPKIN PIE CRUNCH DESSERT

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 degree's. Grease 13x9 inch pan. Mix pumpkin ,evaporated milk,eggs,sugar,pumpkin pie spice,and salt in a big bowl.
• 2. pour in to greased pan.Sprinkle the dry cake mix on top.Top with the pecans,and drizzle melted butter. Bake for 50-55 minutes in 350 degree oven.Cool,cut into squares,Refrigerate and top with whipped cream.
• 3. This is like a pumpkin pie with a crunch topping

PUMPKIN PIE WITH CINNAMON CRUNCH & BOURBON WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• Cinnamon Crunch: Preheat the oven to 350°F Combine the flour, oats, muscovado sugar, and cinnamon in a food processor, and process a few times to combine. Add the butter and pulse until combined. Pat the mixture evenly into a 4-inch square on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until golden brown and crisp, about 15 minutes. Remove and let cool. Transfer to a cutting board and chop into small pieces. Keep the oven on.
• Crust: Combine the graham cracker crumbs, butter, and cinnamon in a bowl and mix until combined. Press evenly onto the bottom and sides of a 10-inch pie plate. Brush with the beaten egg. Bake until light golden brown and firm, about 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack. Reduce the oven temperature to 300°F.
• To make the filling, whisk the eggs, egg yolks, both sugars, and the molasses together in a medium bowl. Mix in the pumpkin puree, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. Whisk in the heavy cream, milk, and vanilla seeds or extract. Strain the mixture through a coarse strainer into a bowl. Whisk in the butter.
• Place the pie plate on a baking sheet, pour the pumpkin mixture into the shell, and sprinkle additional cinnamon over the top. Bake until the filling is set around edges but the center still jiggles slightly when shaken, 45 to 60 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool to room temperature, about 2 hours.
• Bourbon-Maple Whipped Cream: Combine the cream, vanilla seeds, maple syrup, and bourbon, to taste, in a large chilled bowl, and whip until soft peaks form.
• To serve: Cut the pie into slices and top each with a large dollop of whipped cream and some of the cinnamon crunch.

CHEX PUMPKIN PIE CRUNCH

Steps:

• 1. In small bowl, mix brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice; set aside. In small microwave-safe dish, microwave butter on High about 30 seconds or until melted. Stir in vanilla.
• 2. In large microwavable bowl, mix all cereals and nuts. Pour butter mixture over cereal mixture, stirring until evenly distributed. Add sugar and spice mixture and stir until coated. Microwave uncovered on High 5 minutes or until mixture begins to brown, stirring every minute.
• 3. Spread on wax paper or a cookie sheet to cool. Store in airtight container.

FRANCIS' PUMPKIN CRUNCH PIE

Steps:

• Beat white sugar, butter, brown sugar, heavy cream, and vanilla extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; stir in coconut and pecans. Spoon mixture over pumpkin pie.
• Set oven rack about 8 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Place pie in the oven and broil until bubbly and toasted, 3 to 5 minutes.