Walnut Pumpkin Pie

From the kitchen of Micah Schuurman

Ingredients:

• 1 graham cracker pie crust
• 1 (15oz) can pumpkin
• 1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 egg
• 1 1/4 tsp cinnamon (divided--part in filling and part on top)
• 1/2 tsp each ginger, nutmeg, and salt
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 Tbsp flour
• 2 Tbsp butter or margarine
• 3/4 cup walnuts

Steps:

1. Heat oven to 425 degrees.
2. In mixing bowl, combine pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, egg, and 3/4 tsp cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt;
3. Mix well.
4. Turn into pie crust.
5. Bake 15 min.
6. During this 15 min, in small bowl combine sugar, flour and 1/2 tsp cinnamon;
7. Cut in margarine until crumbly.
8. Remove pie after 15 min and reduce oven temperature to 350.
9. Sprinkle walnut mixture evenly over pie.
10. Bake 40-50 min until knife inserted 1 inch from edge comes out clean.
11. Cool.
12. Enjoy!!!

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