With olive or vegetable oil, garlic powder, and dried basil, these garlicky croutons are simple to prepare. Just for these croutons, I enjoy Caesar salads! Extras can be kept in the freezer for up to a month or in your pantry for up to a week in an airtight container.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 1 9-inch pie |
Ingredients
- 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 ounces semisweet chocolate (such as Baker’s®), chopped
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup dark corn syrup (such as Karo®)
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 (9 inch) deep-dish pie crust
- 24 pecan halves (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix pumpkin puree, eggs, sugar, cornstarch, vanilla extract, pumpkin pie spice, ginger, and salt in a large bowl until well combined. Set aside.
- Place baking chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, then stir. Continue to microwave chocolate at 30-second intervals until melted. Measure out 1 cup of pumpkin mixture and stir into chocolate mixture. Set aside.
- Mix melted butter, brown sugar, dark corn syrup, egg, vanilla extract, and salt in a bowl until well combined. Stir in chopped pecans.
- Place frozen pie crust on the baking sheet and pour in chocolate-pumpkin mixture. Carefully pour pumpkin mixture on top. Pour the pecan layer over the top. Arrange pecan halves around the outside perimeter of the pie.
- Bake in the preheated oven until pie is set, 55 to 65 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 365 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 43 g |
| Cholesterol | 78 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 438 mg |
| Sugars | 25 g |
| Fat | 21 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |