What is National Pumpkin Pie Day?
National Pumpkin Pie Day dishes up the swath of slices many Americans are looking for around the dinner table on December 25th. They also take the time to celebrate the ever-humble and often favored pumpkin pie as they enjoy time with family or friends.
Pumpkin pie is a traditional dessert in the United States, and it is often eaten during the fall and winter months and invited to Thanksgiving and Christmas tables. The pumpkin itself is a symbol of harvest.
Cookbooks & recipes
Pumpkin pie recipes were discovered in seventeenth-century English cookbooks, such as Hannah Woolley's 1675, The Gentlewoman's Companion. Pumpkin pie recipes first appeared in American cookbooks a century ago.
When the pilgrims returned to New England in the early nineteenth century, Pumpkin pie became a staple to the Thanksgiving dinner. Initially, the pumpkin pie was made by stuffing the pumpkin with apples, spices, and sugar, then baking it whole.
