Cinnamon Pie

Looking for a creamy cinnamon pie that’s straightforward, make-ahead, and tastes like a cinnamon roll meets cheesecake? This brown-sugar cinnamon pie delivers bakery-style outcomes with easy pantry components.

The Finest Cinnamon Pie for Holidays

This cinnamon pie bakes up like a silky cream-cheese custard in a basic pastry shell—suppose a mash-up of cheesecake and chess pie with heat bakery-style spices. I’m so trying ahead to shocking my household with this vacation dessert in 3 weeks as a part of my Thanksgiving Menu. I’m even considering of constructing it for Christmas – together with my different vacation favorites like pumpkin bundt cake with caramel and pecans, pear almond cake, and all people’s favourite apple cranberry pecan bundt cake.

It is an ideal make-ahead deal with, and it travels nicely, too, identical to my German apple cake and moveable pumpkin cream cheese muffins. You possibly can deliver this cinnamon pie to household gatherings, Friendsgiving, Thanksgiving, or Christmas, or make it forward for cozy nights in with mates all via the chilly fall and winter months.

Why I Love It (and You Will Too!)

• Smoothest filling: I cream softened cream cheese with brown sugar so the filling bakes ultra-smooth and sliceable—no bizarre graininess, no cracks, simply that plush, custardy heart.
• Cinnamon-forward: Three tablespoons of cinnamon (plus nutmeg) make this a real cinnamon pie—not a cinnamon-hinted custard. Your complete kitchen will scent like a bakery in November.
• Make-ahead pleasant: After it bakes, I let it cool, then chill it 3–4 hours so the feel units completely and the slices come out clear. I serve it chilly—with a cloud of whipped cream on high.

You will Want These Substances

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened – Softened cream cheese mixes simpler, plus you need all the components to be room temperature earlier than baking to forestall any cracks within the pie filling.
• 1 cup mild brown sugar, packed tightly. I don’t advocate utilizing darkish brown sugar. I solely examined it with mild brown sugar, and since darkish brown sugar has extra molasses, the result could also be completely different.
• 3 tablespoons cinnamon. You possibly can even go 4, in case you like!
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract – Balances all of the flavors.
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg – Enhances the cinnamon.
• ¼ teaspoon salt – Balances the sweetness.
• 3 massive eggs, room temperature – You need all the components to be room temperature earlier than baking.
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream, room temperature. You need to use half-and-half works despite the fact that the feel will probably be lighter; I’d not use milk not even complete milk.
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour – Thickens and stabilizes the filling. You possibly can swap with 2 tablespoons of cornstarch.
• 1 unbaked pie crust – This recipe yields a 9-inch pie – use a 9-inch pie dish. A store-bought, frozen pie crust or a do-it-yourself pie crust each work nicely for this recipe. I like to recommend getting a deep dish pie crust, or the filling could overflow slightly. You can even attempt your favourite pie crust! A do-it-yourself, buttery, and flaky pie crust, a graham cracker crust, or a vanilla cookie crumb crust would all work nice with the cinnamon filling.

Tips on how to Make Cinnamon Pie (Step-by-Step Pictures)

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat cream cheese + brown sugar till {smooth}.
• Then, combine in cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, and salt.

• Beat in eggs one by one.
• Then add cream and flour simply till mixed.

• Pour the sleek pie filling into an unbaked 9-inch crust.

• Bake 45–50 minutes till edges are set/puffed and the middle is barely jiggly.
• Cool to room temp, cowl, and chill 3–4 hours till set. Serve chilled with whipped cream.

Baking Ideas

• Do not overbake: Maintain a detailed eye on the pie on the 45-minute mark when it’s baking. You don’t need to overbake it as a result of the feel will probably be too dense, and it might begin to crack.
• For a crispier crust on the underside of the pie, I like to recommend blind baking the crust earlier than including the filling, however it’s not vital. The underside isn’t soggy, however it’s mushy.
• Place the pie dish on a small baking sheet so you possibly can simply transfer the pie out and in of the oven, and the warmth from the pan will assist bake the underside of the crust.

Extra Vacation Desserts

• Recent Pear Cake with Almond Flour
• Carrot Cake Loaf (with Cream Cheese Frosting & Pecans)
• Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
• Apple Bundt Cake with Caramel Sauce
• Salted Caramel Cheesecake
• Carrot Cake Cheesecake
• Hummingbird Cake
• Apple Cranberry Cake
• Raspberry Lemon Cake