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I left out the coffee since I was doing this at night and needed to sleep, but I had no trouble with the pumpkin settling. Canned pumpkin is as good as home-cooked pumpkin, according to Cooks Illustrated magazine (their tasters couldn't tell the difference between pie made with canned pumpkin and pie made with roasted and pureed whole pumpkin).

If the cost / alcohol content of the vanilla is an issue, use imitation vanilla flavoring. It tastes great with all the spices and doesn't cost much or have any alcohol in it.