Silky Gingerbread Pie

Molasses, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves are simmered with a creamy, molasses-based filling creating a silky gingerbread pie for Christmas.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 285 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
• ⅓ cup white sugar
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ½ cup heavy whipping cream
• 4 egg yolks
• 2 cups half-and-half
• ½ cup packed light brown sugar
• ⅛ teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 (9 inch) pie crust pastry
• ¼ cup unsulfured molasses

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Press pie crust into a 9-inch pie pan and prick bottom and sides with a fork.

Step 2

Bake crust in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes.

Step 3

Set a fine-mesh sieve over a bowl.

Step 4

Whisk brown sugar, white sugar, cornstarch, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt, and allspice together in a saucepan; gradually whisk in half-and-half and molasses until smooth. Whisk egg yolks into molasses mixture.

Step 5

Cook molasses mixture, whisking constantly, over medium heat until large bubbles appear on surface, about 7 minutes. Reduce heat to low and cook, whisking constantly, for 1 minute more. Remove saucepan from heat and pour filling through sieve. Whisk butter into filling until smooth.

Step 6

Pour filling into pie crust, place a sheet of plastic wrap directly on surface of filling, and refrigerate until set, about 3 hours.

Step 7

Lightly beat cream in a bowl using an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Top each pie slice with a heaping tablespoon of whipped cream.