🥧 Dreamy High Pumpkin Pie
Light and fluffy pumpkin chiffon pie featuring whipped egg whites and a toasted coconut topping.
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 cup cooked or canned pumpkin
- 3 egg whites
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup whipping cream (for topping)
- 1/2 cup flaked coconut, toasted
- 1 prepared graham cracker crust
Instructions
❄️ Style: Stovetop Cook & Chill
- In a saucepan, combine sugar, gelatin, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Mix egg yolks with milk and stir into the saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens slightly. Stir in pumpkin. Chill, stirring occasionally, until mixture mounds when spooned.
- Beat egg whites to soft peaks. Gradually add 1/3 cup sugar and beat to stiff peaks.
- Fold the chilled pumpkin mixture smoothly into the beaten egg whites.
- Pile beautifully into the graham cracker crust and chill completely until firm.
- Just before serving, whip the cream and spoon over the top. Finish with a sprinkle of toasted coconut.