JOE'S INCREDIBLE BACON PUMPKIN PIE

Joe's Incredible Bacon Pumpkin Pie image

In the spirit of fall here in the Pacific Northwest, here is a recipe of my friend Joe's own design! He sought to bring bacon to the dessert menu, and hunted for a pie media capable of sustaining a bacon infusion while retaining deliciousness. Pumpkin (perhaps rhubarb) is the only one he could think of. I offer this recipe to all you bacon lovers out there. Remember though, you might steal this recipe to publish it and make dirty millions, but the true bacon lover cares not for cash but only for cholesterol. Enjoy bacon lovers of America!

Provided by Crawford

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork

Time 2h

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

½ cup cubed fresh pumpkin
1 ½ cups cream cheese, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup half-and-half
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground allspice
½ teaspoon ground cloves
2 (10 inch) prepared graham cracker pie crust
16 slices maple-cured bacon

Steps:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
Bring a small pot of salted water to a boil; add the pumpkin and cook until soft enough to easily pierce with a fork, about 10 minutes. Drain.
Mash the cooked pumpkin with a potato masher in your favorite large bowl. Mix the cream cheese and brown sugar with the mashed pumpkin. Whisk in the eggs one at a time. Add the vanilla, half-and-half, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and cloves; stir until you have a thin batter. The batter should be slightly thinner than pancake batter. Pour the batter into the pie crusts.
Place bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until evenly brown. Trim soft, fatty bits from strips. Press 7 pieces of bacon into the batter of each pie with a fork.
Bake the pies in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Decrease the heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Top each pie with 2 pieces of cooked bacon and bake another 30 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow pies to cool completely before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 597 calories, Carbohydrate 48 g, Cholesterol 111.2 mg, Fat 41 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 10.5 g, SaturatedFat 16 g, Sodium 667.9 mg, Sugar 34.2 g