Dark Pumpkin Pie

Directions

1. 1
   Break eggs into a small bowl and mix, so that the yolks and whites are well combined.
2. 2
   Mix together the pumpkin, sugar, cinnamon and cloves in a separate, larger bowl.
3. 3
   Scald milk (that is, heat until very hot, but not boiling), and stir the hot milk, and then the eggs, into the pumpkin mixture.
4. 4
   Pour into a pie pan lined with the unbaked pie shell.
5. 5
   Bake for 40 to 50 minutes at 350°F, until a table knife inserted at a point between the center and the edge of the pie, comes out clean.
6. 6
   Please begin checking slightly before the 40 minute point.
7. 7
   Note: Although this recipe calls for 2 cups pumpkin, we have always made it with a 16 oz can of pumpkin puree, which actually is a little more; the cans I have seen lately contain 15 oz, and I don't know how this will affect the pie.