Joe's Incredible Bacon

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/2 cup cubed fresh pumpkin
• 1 1/2 cups cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 (10 inch) prepared graham cracker pie crust
• 16 slices maple-cured bacon

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs


• preheat oven to 425 degrees f (220 degrees c).
• bring a small pot of salted water to a boil; add the pumpkin and cook until soft enough to easily pierce with a fork, about 10 minutes. drain.
• mash the cooked pumpkin with a potato masher in your favorite large bowl. mix the cream cheese and brown sugar with the mashed pumpkin. whisk in the eggs one at a time. add the vanilla, half-and-half, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and cloves; stir until you have a thin batter. the batter should be slightly thinner than pancake batter. pour the batter into the pie crusts.
• place bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until evenly brown. trim soft, fatty bits from strips. press 7 pieces of bacon into the batter of each pie with a fork.
• bake the pies in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. decrease the heat to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). top each pie with 2 pieces of cooked bacon and bake another 30 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. allow pies to cool completely before serving.