How to Make Homemade Pumpkin Pie - from a Real Pumpkin, Not a Can! - Easily! With Step-by-step Directions, Photos, Ingredients, Recipe and Costs

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Time for a little pumpkin pie humor!  You saw the recipe about how to make a pumpkin pie from a fresh real pumpkin.


Now, here's how a fresh real pumpkin makes a pumpkin pie! :)

Hmm, I'll bet it still tastes better than a cow pie!

 

 

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