Preheat oven to 450° F.
In a small bowl, stir your dry ingredients together.
In a large bowl, beat your eggs. Add the rest of the ingredients in the above list except the pie crust.
Make sure all the ingredients are blended well.
Add the dry mixture into the large bowl of ingredients, stir until well blended. You can use a whisk or a blender on low for this. Don'tspeed it up too fast because it will splatter.
Pour the mixture into the pie shell. We like a deep-dish pie crust so that we don't have any extra pie filling.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper to set the pumpkin pie in the oven. Makes for easy cleanup.
Bake for 10 minutes at 450° F. Reduce the temperature to350° F and bake for 45-60 minutes until the filling has “set” and the crust is nicely browned.
Your bake time can vary depending on the accuracy of your oven.
After 45 minutes, keep checking every five minutes or so. The toothpick test is usually pretty accurate for pie filling. You want the toothpick to come out clean. No runny liquid or gooey stuff sticking to it.
Let the pie cool on a cooling rack. You can chill it even further in the fridge if you desire. Be sure to use plastic wrap to cover a pumpkin pie until you are ready to serve it.
Once it's ready to serve dollop it with whipped cream. The touch of zingy spice from the Rib Candy, and the hint of apple in it, too, will turn your pumpkin pie from ordinary into spectacular.