Yes you can make your own filling from scratch!

Sugar Pumpkin

Select one sugar pumpkin per pie (these are small pumpkins). Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C)

Remove stem and cut the pumpkin in half from the stem to base

Remove seeds and pulp

Save the seeds to roast. Here is the link to how to roast seeds

Place cut side down on a cookie sheet

Bake in the preheated oven 1 – 1 1/2 hours or until tender. This is what they will look like

Scrape pumpkin meat from shell halves

Did you know you can make pumpkin soup and serve it in the shells?

Puree in a food processor and use right away or store in the freezer

In case you wanted to know my 2 little pumpkins gave me 4 1/2 cups of puree