Pumpkin Pie – Mackenzie Segrest (Peggy’s Niece & Goddaughter)

Ingredients:

1/2 (15-oz.) package refrigerated pie crusts

2 cups crushed gingersnaps (about 40 gingersnaps)

1 cup pecans, finely chopped

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/4 cup butter, melted

1 (15-oz. ) can pumpkin

1 (14-oz.) can sweetened condensed milk

2 large eggs, beaten

1/2 cup sour cream

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Pecan Streusel (see recipe below)

7 thin ginger cookies, halved

Ground Cinnamon

Cool Whip

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Fit pie crust into a 9-inch deep dish pie plate according to package directions; fold edges under, and crimp.

2. Stir together crusted gingersnaps and next 3 ingredients.  Press mixture on bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of piecrust.

3.  Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.  Let cool completely on a wire rack (about 30 Minutes)

4. Stir together pumpkin and next 6 ingredients until well blended.  Pour into prepared pie crust.  Place pie on an aluminium foil-lined baking sheet.

5.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.