Grandma Mac's Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 large can pumpkin
• 3 tbsp melted butter
• 3 cups evaporated milk
• 1 cup water
• 5 eggs
• 4 unbaked pie shells (or 3 deep dish pie shells)

Instructions

1. Mix the sugar, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon together.
2. In another bowl, mix the pumpkin, melted butter, evaporated milk, water and eggs.
3. Mix together and pour into UNBAKED pie shells.
4. Bake at 450°F for 15 minutes, then lower the temperature to 350°F and bake another 30 minutes. Pies are done when a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Notes

• "This is grandma Mac's recipe."
• "I remember baking at 350 longer than it said."
• Handwritten note: "3 deep dish pie shells" (instead of about 4 regular pies).

Source: Family recipe