PUMPKIN ICE-CREAM PIE

PUMPKIN ICE-CREAM PIE
Categories: Vegetables, Desserts, Ice cream, Holiday
Yield: 6 servings

1/3 c Butter or margarine, at room
-temperature
2 c Cinnamon graham-cracker
-crumbs (15 double crackers)
FILLING:
1 qt Orange sherbert, slightly
-softened
1 cn (16 ounces) solid-pack
-pumpkin
1 pt Vanilla ice cream, slightly
-softened
1 ts Vanilla extract
For Garnish:
1 c Heavy cream, whipped stiff
-(2 cups)

Timing Tip: Can be frozen for up to 2 weeks. Decorate up to 8 hours
ahead. Calorie Trimmer: Use reduced-calorie margarine, vanilla nonfat
frozen dessert instead of the ice cream and 2 cups thawed frozen
reduced-calorie whipped topping for garnish.

CRUST:

candied orange peel, cut in diamonds

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Have a 10-inch deep-dish pie plate
ready. 2. Mix butter and cracker crumbs in a medium-size bowl until
evenly moistened. Press over bottom and up sides of pie plate. 3.
Bake 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire rack.

4. FILLING: Put orange sherbert into large bowl. Fold in pumpkin just
until blended. Fold in ice cream and vanilla until blended. 5. Spoon
into crust, swirling top. Freeze until hard, at least 4 hours. 6. Up
to 8 hours before serving: Pipe whipped cream in lattice design on
pie or garnish with dollops of cream. Decorate with orange peel.
Return to Freezer. 7. About 10 minutes before serving without
garnish: 198 cal, 2 g pro, 31 g car, 7 g fat, 21 mg chol with butter,
10 mg chol with margarine, 147 mg sod. Per "trimmed" serving: 170
cal, 3 g pro, 32 g car, 4 g fat, 3 mg chol, 152 mg sod

Recipe From: Woman's Day magazine 11/26/91