CREAMY PUMPKIN PIE WITH RICOTTA CHEESE

Creamy Pumpkin Pie with Ricotta Cheese image

This recipe for pumpkin pie is made light and creamy with the addition of ricotta cheese. Delightfully different and delicious! Try topping with vanilla greek yogurt, pumpkin seeds, or whipped cream.

Provided by Kirsten

Categories Fruits and Vegetables Vegetables Squash

Time 55m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 (9 inch) unbaked 9-inch pie crust
1 cup ricotta cheese
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 (16 ounce) can solid-pack pumpkin
¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 (5.3 ounce) can evaporated milk
1 ½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Press pie crust into a pie plate.
Beat ricotta cheese into lightly beaten eggs in a large bowl until smooth. Stir pumpkin, brown sugar, evaporated milk, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla extract, and salt into the cheese mixture until smooth; pour into the pie crust.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 257.1 calories, Carbohydrate 37.4 g, Cholesterol 51.9 mg, Fat 10.3 g, Fiber 2.5 g, Protein 4.9 g, SaturatedFat 3.2 g, Sodium 442.5 mg, Sugar 24 g