3 Signs Your Pumpkin Pie Is Ready to Come Out of the Oven — Baking Tips from The Kitchn

Pumpkin pie, a member of the custard pie family, is sometimes challenging to bake correctly. No, I don't mean getting the perfect pie crust or the right spices — although those things certainly don't hurt — I mean that custard pies are most often under- or over-baked. Pumpkin in particular is hard to read because of its dark filling. We tend to avoid poking and prodding pumpkin pie so that we can have a picture-perfect one.

Here are three signs that all good pie bakers know for determining the doneness of your prized pumpkin pie.

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