Name: Pumpkin Pie with Short Pastry Crust
Ingredients: 1 cn Pumpkin (16oz); 1 c Honey; 2 tb Molasses; 2 ts Cinnamon,ground; 1/4 ts Allspice,ground; 1/4 ts Cloves,ground; 1 pn Salt; 4 Eggs,large; 1 c Cream,heavy; 1/2 c Cranberries,fresh,cooked; 1 c Flour,all-purpose; 1 pn Salt; 4 tb Butter,unsalted,cut/bits; 1 1/2 tb Vegetable shortening,solid; 3 tb Water,cold

When Paul says, “If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink,” he does not mean, “Let’s all become lechers.” He means, there is a normal, simple, comfortable, ordinary life of human delights that we may enjoy with no troubling thoughts of heaven or hell or sin or holiness or God – if there is no resurrection from the dead. And what stunned me about this train of thought is that many professing Christians seem to aim at just this, and call it Christianity. Paul did not see his relation to Christ as the key to maximizing his physical comforts and pleasures in this life. No, Paul’s relation to Christ was a call to choose suffering – a suffering that was beyond what would make atheism “meaningful” or “beautiful” or “heroic.” It was a suffering that would have been utterly foolish and pitiable to choose if there is no resurrection into the joyful presence of Christ… Judge for yourself. How many Christians do you know who could say, “The lifestyle I have chosen as a Christian would be utterly foolish and pitiable if there is no resurrection?”

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy, Vegetables		Pies	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	cn	Pumpkin (16oz)
1	c	Honey
2	tb	Molasses
2	ts	Cinnamon,ground
1/4	ts	Allspice,ground
1/4	ts	Cloves,ground
1	pn	Salt
4		Eggs,large
1	c	Cream,heavy
1/2	c	Cranberries,fresh,cooked
1	c	Flour,all-purpose
1	pn	Salt
4	tb	Butter,unsalted,cut/bits
1 1/2	tb	Vegetable shortening,solid
3	tb	Water,cold

INSTRUCTIONS

PIE
SHORT PASTRY CRUST
*** SHORT PASTRY CRUST ***
Sift the flour and salt together into a large bowl. With 2 knives or a
pastry blender, cut in the butter and shortening until mixture is the
texture of coarse crumbs. Add only enough water to make a soft dough. Form
into a ball, wrap in wax paper and chill for at least 1 hour.
*** PIE ***
1. Roll the crust dough on a lightly floured surface to a 1/8" thickness
and place in the bottom of a 10" pie pan. Trim and flute the edges.
2. Preheat the oven to 450'. Combine the pumpkin, honey, molasses and
spices in a food processor and process until well blended. With the
processor on, add eggs one at a time, processing a few seconds after each
addition. Transfer to a large bowl.
3. Beat the cream in a large bowl until doubled in volume. Fold into the
pumpkin mixture. Pour into prepared pie shell and bake 10 minutes. Reduce
the heat to 350' and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes
out clean, about 40 minutes longer. Arrange cranberries in a circle on top
of pie.
Miscellaneous recipes from the collection of Mike Orchekowski.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mo-misc.zip

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