TWD: Thanksgiving Twofer Pie

First.  This was the easiest and quickest recipe I have ever put together.

Second.  When will I learn that appearances can be deceiving? Very deceiving.

This recipe was so quick and easy that by the time I put it together (which took all of five minutes), I was feeling preeetty confident. That lasted until I started filling the pie crust with the filling.  I used a frozen pie crust (don't own a food processor and didn't feel up to making it by hand) and it ended up being too shallow so I had some filling left over.

I noticed that the pumpkin filling seemed very watery and when I sprinkled the pecans, half of them just sunk to the bottom as did the pecan filling.  I started to have doubts and carefully reread the ingredients list and the instruction.  For the first time I had followed everything exactly as directed but the pie did not look like it should - or at least the way I thought it should look.  I was convinced something was wrong and was resigned to having it be a total flop.  

I decided to continue as directed and not make any changes to the oven temperature or baking time. I was skeptical and did not expect the pie to be done after the allotted 45 minutes. But lo and behold...when I poked at the center, it wasn't jiggly! It had actually firmed up.  Time for a happy dance!

I couldn't wait to taste it but decided to leave it alone until the next day and share it with my gang at the office. This was all that was left less than one hour after I placed it on the table. 

Lesson learned:  Never doubt Dorie Greenspan's recipes.