Returning from vacation this week, I was super excited to get home. My oldest son had decided to come home from college for the weekend and I would have less than 24 hours with him. We were arriving close to dinner time and it would be our only meal together. Sébastien loves my pies but I knew I didn’t have enough time to go all out or whether I had everything I needed on hand to make him a pie. In a time crunch and unprepared, I just couldn’t not make something special for him. I looked in the pantry and found pumpkin, gingersnaps and white chocolate. So was born this new recipe! By the time dad had grilled steaks, I had a gorgeous pie ready for a special dessert for our beloved son! With a layer of white chocolate over the crust and white chocolate shavings over the top with a crunchy toffee-like cookie crust, it was decadent and a nice variation on the traditional pumpkin pie. I’m guessing you’ll be really happy Sébastien came home too!
WHITE CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN PIE with GINGERSNAP CRUST
CRUST: 2 cups crushed gingersnap cookies; 6 T melted butter; 3 oz of white chocolate.
Grease an 8 inch springform pan. Preheat oven to 375 F. Combine the cookie crumbs with the butter and pat into the pan, extending some of the mixture about an inch up the sides. Bake at 375 F for 5 minutes. Cool. Melt the white chocolate and with a spatula, spread evenly on the crust.
FILLING: 3/4 cups sugar; 15oz can of pumpkin purée; 2 large eggs; 12oz almond milk(any milk is fine); 1 T pumpkin spice; 1/2 t salt.
Increase oven heat to 425 F. Beat the eggs, add all the other ingredients and mix until the custard is smooth. Pour into the prepared crust. Bake at 425F, on a cookie sheet to catch any drips, for 15 minutes then reduce the temperature to 350 F and bake an additional 40 minutes. Cool before removing the sides of the springform pan.
TO SERVE: Using a vegetable peeler, shave 1 oz of white chocolate into curls and scatter all over the top of your pie. Serve with whipped cream if desired.
This brings ’round the best of many worlds including the tradition of pumpkin, the need for chocolate, and the zing of gingersnap crust!!! I’ve never made a crust with gingersnaps, but it sounds like a great idea! I guess it’s kind of the same principle as graham crackers. I’m going to give it a whirl!
Your pie turned out great for the eyes, and I’m sure it was just as terrific for the tummy! 🙂 Happy Wednesday!
I agree. This pie is the best of everything.
Thank you! It was delicious:)
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Johanne I love this recipe. How very creative to combine pumpkin with white chocolate. It’s amazing what you can come up with in a pinch and your photos only serve to enhance. Great job!
Are you following me Kerstin?????? I’m so honored! :)))
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Wow! This looks absolutely delightful and delicious! Thanks so much for sharing at our middle school themed Fiesta Friday 😉 xo
Thank you Tracy! I can’t believe Angie found you and you are both food bloggers! Appreciate you hosting FF! 🙂
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Wow, such wonderful flavors in one incredible pie! Awesome!!
Thank you so much! We’ll still have traditional pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving but it was fun experimenting with new flavor combinations.
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What a great recipe Johanne – I always make the traditional pie and sometimes maybe a cheesecake but this is totally different, but I am sure delicious, way to fix this special holiday pie 🙂
Thank you! I wouldn’t dare stray from traditional pies at Thanksgiving, but 2 weeks before….creativity was unleashed! Happy FF weekend. Winter has officially descended in PA!
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Wow this looks amazing, such a great idea! Your son is very lucky!
Thanks Michelle! I made sure to send the rest of that pie back to school with my son so I wouldn’t be tempted to eat it! I really liked the crunchy gingersnap crust with the smooth pumpkin custard. Thanks for visiting:)
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Pumpkin with white chocolate sounds interesting. Yum! 🙂
It was a happy experiment with a good conclusion. The pie vanished! 🙂
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Crazy inventive! This looks like it would be an outstanding combination.
Necessity is the mother of invention!
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