{"id":1796101,"date":"2022-08-25T12:32:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T16:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1796101"},"modified":"2025-03-14T15:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T20:38:11","slug":"libbys-pumpkin-pie-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/libbys-pumpkin-pie-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"We Made Libby’s Famous Pumpkin Pie Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"What food do you look forward to most every Thanksgiving? Personally, I'm all about the dessert table. Thanksgiving doesn't feel complete unless it ends with a sliver of creamy, perfectly spiced pumpkin pie<\/a>.\r\n\r\nHowever, the pumpkin pie recipe<\/a> that wins for most nostalgia has to be Libby's pumpkin pie recipe. It's the one on the back of the bright orange can that most of us grew up eating. Did you know this recipe dates back to the 1950s? We're sharing this timeless, cherished recipe with all of our best baking tips.\r\n

Why Is Libby's Pumpkin Pie Famous?<\/h2>\r\nIt's all about convenience. There was a time in history when the only way one could make pumpkin pie from scratch would be to use fresh pumpkin. Making pumpkin pie with fresh pumpkin<\/a> isn't difficult, but in the early 1800s (when it started to become a fixture on Thanksgiving menus), it wasn't an ingredient readily accessible to every American.\r\n\r\nThat all changed in the late 1920s when Libby's (then known as Libby, McNeill & Libby) began selling canned pumpkin<\/a>. In 1929, their very first pumpkin pie recipe appeared on the back of the can, and from that moment onward, pumpkin pie became an easy and accessible Thanksgiving dessert<\/a>.\r\nThe recipe we all know and love first appeared on the can starting in the 1950s. There was an attempt to replace the recipe with a \"new-fashioned\" pumpkin pie recipe in 2019. However, after public outcry, Libby's quickly put the original '50s recipe back on the can. Today, both recipes live side-by-side on their cans. Take a guess which one is still<\/em> everyone's favorite?\r\n\r\n

Key Ingredients in Libby's Famous Pumpkin Pie<\/h2>\r\nLet\u2019s talk about what ingredients make Libby's Pumpkin Pie so special.\r\n