Pinapple Pie

Ingredients
1 Pillsbury Pie Crust- Cooked and Set aside
For the Custard
2 Cups 2% Milk
6 Large Egg Yolks
1/2 Cup Packed light brown sugar
1/3 Cornstarch
1/2 Tsp Ground Cinnamon
3 Shakes Pumpkin Spice
Pinch of Salt
1 Tbsp Pineapple Juice
3 Tbsp Cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
(recipe adapted from Dorie Greenspan's book, Baking from my home to yours (banana cream pie))

For the Topping
1 20 oz Can Pineapple Chunks in unsweetened juice

To make the Custard Filling: Bring the milk to a boil. Then in a large saucepan (one you can use a whisk in, so not non-stick) whisk the yolks together with the brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, pumpkin spice and salt until well blended. Now keep whisking while pouring about 1/4 cup of the hot milk into the egg mixture. This will warm the yolks so they wont curdle. Then still whisking slowly add the rest of the milk.

Place the pan over medium heat and continue whisking (get the edges too) until it comes to a boil. Whisk while boiling for 1-2 minutes, the mixture will get very thick at this point. Once it looks fairly thick remove it from the heat. Add the pineapple juice and whisk together.


Allow it to sit for 5 minutes. Then take your pieces of butter in and whisk until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap (right on top of the mixture) and place it in the fridge for 3+ hours. It should look something like the picture below.
Then in the mean time take your can of pineapples. Pour them out onto a cutting board and slice each chunk into 3 relatively thin pieces. As evenly as possible, in the same direction, for all the chunks. Reserve 1 UNCUT piece for the middle of the pie.

Take out your Custard and whisk it so that it is all smooth. Pour into your prepared pie crust.

Now the fun part (if you are weird like me). Take your pieces of pineapple and starting on the outside make a circle of pineapple pieces around the outside. Continue the next row halfway on the last row until you have made the whole pie that way. Place the one uncut piece in the middle of the pie. TA-DA all done. You have a beautiful wonderful tasting pie!
I let hubby try the custard once it was made and he probably would have eaten a bunch more had I not stopped him. I'm so glad I have him as a taste tester!

Have a great Monday and God Bless!