I have just entered our Pumpkin Pie into Apartment Therapy The Kitchn’s Best Pie Bakeoff.   Our family pumpkin pie recipe truly is the best and I am not just saying that!

My step-mom, Kathie, has been making this pie for as long as I can remember and the key to her success is using fresh sugar pie pumpkin and cognac.  Now, we switched it up a bit, this year, by adding caradmon instead of cinnamon and we used French Brandy instead of the cognac.  It came out as creamy and rich as always;  but, the caradmon and brandy gave it a really nice warm taste, very smooth on the tastebuds.  Using the fresh and slow roasted sugar pie pumpkins really is the key to this recipe as it givees the pie texture, really substantial texture, not smoosh like canned.  I promise if you make this for the holidays your family will be forever greatful!