NCFC:Recipes/Pumpkin Pie

From "Frugal Gourmet Cooks American," whose intro says it was a favorite of George Washington. (with SCD adaptation)

It's a whole baked pumpkin with a custard inside and when you scoop out the custard you scrape some pumpkin with it. [The person who forwarded the recipe said that to adapt to SCD she would replace the sugar with honey. Molasses isn't legal, either, however. Wondering if maple sugar, which isn't SCD legal but is better than sugar, would be good? Also if organic sorghum molasses, which isn't legal but might be better than store molasses, would be better? EN]

1 pumpkin 5-7#
6 whole eggs
2 cups cream
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 T. molasses
1/2 t. nutmeg
1 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. ginger
2 T. melted butter

Cut off the lid of the pumpkin (hold knife in V position, so outside is wider than inside, so lid won't fall inside). Remove insides. Mix remaining ingredients, except butter. Fill pumpkin with custard and top with butter. Replace lid and put on pan. Bake at 350F for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until custard is set. Serve warm or chilled.