Question about pumpkin pie

mysweetpeasWil&Wes wrote: I guess this should go in recipes. Anyhow, I'm about to bake my first pumpkin pie and the recipe from William Sonoma calls for cream cheese...Now DH doesn't eat dairy, so I thought of leaving it out. Do you think it won't set without the cheese??? I imagine the three eggs will help make it set. I just don't know! HELP!

jem0622 replied: What other ingredients are in the recipe?

The eggs do set the pie, not the cream cheese. The cream cheese just adds a richness to it.

Enjoy!

redchief replied: I'm sure the cheese is necessary to help the pie set. My mother uses condensed milk. If you want more info on that I can get it for you. If you're wanting to go completely milk-free, I read this suggestion on a milk allergy page (Kaitlin is sensitive to lactose):

Jello "cookable" vanilla pudding mix (not instant) with soy milk. Add 3 tablespoons of pudding mix to 3/4 cup of soy milk to get the equivalent of 3/4 cup of the other milks.

Edit: BTW, We haven't tried this yet so I don't know how well it works. Let us know if you try it and how well it worked!

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied: Thanks! I left out the cheese, but added half and half...hoping DH won't notice. He's not allergic, he just gets too flemmy from dairy. I'm worried now, but I imagine the eggs will work to set it. I will let you all know! Ed, we do drink a lot of soy milk in our family, but I tried to make pudding using soy milk once and it didn't set!! So I don't know. I should have tried making this pie a few days ago!

BTW, Martha Stewart would be so disappointed in me...my homemade crust looks horrible and the filling is spilling over the edge!!

redchief replied:
Hahahah!!! Bet she'd be more disappointed you didn't bake a file in the pie!

jcc64 replied: Traditional pumpkin pie doesn't have cream cheese in it. I think it has evaporated milk? Anyway, I usually just follow the recipe on the can of Libby's and it always comes out fine. Kinda hard to mess up, like chocolate chip cookies!

MyBlueEyedBabies replied: Mine never go wrong if I pick them up from the store

jem0622 replied:

MM'sMama replied:


Rae let us know how they turn out.

I made 9 pumpkin pies last night and 5 peacan

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied:
OMG 9 pies!! You must have the recipe drilled into the back of your head! I only have my FIL coming over so that's why there is only one. Well it looks like it set pretty well even without cream cheese or evaporated milk. It does have lots of eggs and half and half, so I guess that worked! I hope it's good. If not, I'm also making a fresh pear tart. Just haven't gotten to it yet!

Thanks for the tips!

MM'sMama replied:
I have never made them before ether but they turned out okay. I hope.

WTG glad your set right!

My3LilMonkeys replied: I have never heard of pumpkin pie with cream cheese in it - does it change the flavor much? Maybe I'll have to try it next year - I've got all the ingredients already ready for this year.

mckayleesmom replied: My neighbor made my pie....and the grocery store made the other.....

CantWait replied: Glad it set. I never use cream cheese or evaporated milk. I just use regular milk since I always forget to get the evaporated