ThisPumpkin Pie recipe, made with fresh pumpkin, will be the hit dessert of your Thanksgiving feast. What better way to celebrate your family coming together, than with a homemade pumpkin pie?

Best Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Thanksgiving is here! I’m so grateful to be spending the week with my parents. We’ll drive up to Indiana to be with grandparents and my large extended family on Thursday, and I’m giddy with anticipation. It’s been 6 or so years since we’ve spent this holiday with my family here in the Midwest, and I’m excited for my kids to have a few memories of the things I enjoyed so much as a kid!

I made this pumpkin pie from fresh pumpkin for my husband’s birthday, and have been saving the recipe for this week! I have a handful ofspecial pie recipesthat I break out for festive occasions and this is one of them since a few people I love really dig pumpkin flavors.

The pie is awesome. The addition of molasses lends a subtle richness and the texture is a bit thicker and creamier than many pumpkin pie recipes. We loved it!

You don’t have to use homemade pumpkin puree, but you’ll feel pretty cool making a pumpkin pie with actual pumpkins. I haven’t tried making this with traditional canned pumpkin but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work just the same. You’ll need to use adeep 9-inch pie plateor plan on baking a bit of the filling in a dish by itself to enjoy hot out of the oven.

A Tip on Making Pumpkin Pie:

Here’s a little tip for you. You can make a double pie crust recipe and make two pie crust bottoms from it. Then you can make this pie and thesugar cream pie recipeI posted last week. You only have to do the work of one traditional pie, but you get two pies from it, because that sugar cream pie filling practically makes itself. I make those two pies together often!

Have a great holiday and enjoy! Stay tuned for a great coupon code for my Etsy shop in honor of Black Friday and Cyber Monday! I’ll post it on Friday so that you can use it all weekend…