Halloween pumpkin pie

1 1/2  cups          Canned pumpkin
   2                    Eggs
   2                    Egg yolks
     2/3  cup           Sugar
     1/2  teaspoon      Salt
   1      teaspoon      Ground cinnamon
     1/4  teaspoon      Ground ginger -=OR=-
   1      teaspoon      Fresh ginger root -- fine grnd
     1/4  teaspoon      Nutmeg -- freshly grated
   1 1/4  cups          Half & half
                        -----PIE CRUST-----
   1      cup           flour
   3      tablespoons   Sugar
     1/4  teaspoon      baking powder

ds Salt 1/4 c  Unsalted butter; cut in 12 - pieces, cold 1 lg Egg
 Put canned pumpkin into bowl. Whisk in eggs and yolks.
Add sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and half and half, whisking smooth
between each addition. Pour filling into prepared Pie Crust. Bake at 350~ on
lowest oven rack until crust is baked through and filling is set, about 1
hour.
Cool pie on rack. If pie must sit more than 2 hours before serving, when cool,
cover loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Makes 8 servings.

  PIE CRUST: Pulse flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in food processor
 once or
twice to mix. Add butter and pulse until mixture is powdery. Add egg and
continue to pulse until dough forms ball. May be wrapped in plastic wrap and
chilled until baking time. When ready to assemble pie, remove dough from
refrigerator and unwrap. Lightly flour work surface and dough. Roll out
into 12"
disk. Fold dough in half and ease into 9" pie pan. Unfold dough and
press firmly
into pan. Trim away all but 1/2" excess dough at edge of pan. Fold dough under
and flute edge.