Tuesdays with Dorie BWD: My Favorite Pumpkin Pie

November 29, 2025 at 7:15 pm | Posted in BWD, groups, pies & tarts, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 4 Comments
Tags: baking, holiday, pie

Thanksgiving was a couple of days ago now, and I just finished off the last remaining slice of My Favorite Pumpkin Pie…eaten directly from the pie plate, of course. This is a rich pie, with lots of cream and sour cream in the pumpkin custard. Dorie’s favorite does away with the traditional cinnamon-based pumpkin pie spice blend (although you can certain substitute it), and replaces it with ginger and star anise. I do like the flavor of star anise but I swapped it for cloves, my favorite, non-negotiable spice in a pumpkin pie. I had an extra round of Sour Cream Pie Dough in the freezer after making the Double-Pear Picnic Pie, and used that for the crust.

I did use the corrected version of this recipe (see below for link), but my pie cracked a little anyway. No matter– the filling was very smooth and the crack miraculously disappeared with a big bloop of whipped cream on top. I pretended like it never happened and totally got away with it.

This recipe is in Baking with Dorie: Sweet, Salty & Simple by Dorie Greenspan, but it contains an error and the corrected version can be found here. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll over on Tuesdays with Dorie!

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Haha…whip cream to the rescue! I swapped the anise for cinnamon…this seems to be a favorite of everyone who made it!

Comment by isthisakeeper— November 29, 2025 #

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- giving thanks for whipped cream! 🙂
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— November 29, 2025 #
  
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Wasn’t this pie da bomb! I loved its creamy filling so much. Your photo makes me lust for another slice.

Comment by Cakelaw— November 30, 2025 #

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Your pie looks so thick, rich and creamy. Mine was flat LOL.

Comment by Diane Zwang— December 1, 2025 #

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a whisk and a spoon