Cushaw Pie Recipe

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Nera Johnson, Berryton, Kansas, hopes someone has a recipe for squash pie, similar to the one her other used to make using a big, white-and-green-striped, crookneck squash called Kershaw or Cushaw. Several readers discovered recipes with Cushaw in the title, and Jessica Ansley, Perry, Georgia, sends her version, Cushaw Pie.

Cushaw Pie Recipe

2 1?2 cups cooked, mashed cushaw or other squash
1?4 cup cream
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon flour
1?4 teaspoon salt
1?4 teaspoon nutmeg
1?4 teaspoon allspice
1?2 teaspoon lemon extract
2 tablespoons butter
1 unbaked pie shell 

Heat oven to 450°F.

Stir together cushaw and cream; add beaten eggs and mix well. Add sugar, flour, salt, nutmeg and allspice. Mix well. Blend in lemon extract and butter.