Pumpkin Pie
The holidays are fast approaching. I want to provide lots of healthy options so we all can avoid the typical 15 pound weight gain that occurs with most Americans from Halloween through New Years.
I really liked the flavor of this pie. The coconut milk gives it an awesome flavor. What is in the evaporated milk anyway…yikes!
“HEALTHIFIED” PUMPKIN PIECRUST:
3/4 cup blanched almond flour
1/4 cup coconut flour
1/2 cup coconut oil or butter
1/2 cup Just Like Sugar (or Swerve)
1 tsp stevia glycerite
1/4 tsp Celtic sea salt
1 egg
FILLING:
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
1 cup Coconut Milk (OR 1 cup cream cheese)
1 tsp pure vanilla or maple extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg
3/4 cup Swerve (or Just Like Brown Sugar)
2 tsp gelatin
1/4 cup hot water
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
1 cup Coconut Milk (OR 1 cup cream cheese)
1 tsp pure vanilla or maple extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg
3/4 cup Swerve (or Just Like Brown Sugar)
2 tsp gelatin
1/4 cup hot water
CRUST: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 9 inch pie pan. In a medium bowl, mix ingredients. NOTE: Just Like Sugar is 96g fiber/cup; do not add to “melted” butter. This will cause it to gel up and get hard. This will be a thick pie dough, press onto bottom of pie pan. Place in oven to pre-bake the crust. Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
FILLING: In large mixing bowl, dissolve gelatin in 1/4 cup boiling water. Combine pumpkin, coconut milk, cinnamon, maple flavoring, ginger, nutmeg, Swerve and salt; mix into the gelatin. Pour into pie shell. Cover the edges of the pie with aluminum foil (otherwise it will burn). Bake at 350 degrees F for 70 minutes or until set in the middle.
Top with whipped cream or coconut cream and enjoy! Store covered in refrigerator.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per slice, serves 8):
Using traditional Evaporated Milk: 398 calories, 18g fat, 2g protein, 39.5 carbs, 3 fiber (36.5 effective carbs)
“Healthified” Pie with Coconut Milk = 291 calories, 26.9g fat, 4.7g protein, 10g carbs, 4.6g fiber (5.4 effective carbs)
“Healthified” with Cream Cheese = 322 calories, 29g fat, 6.2g protein, 9.4g carbs, 3.9g fiber (5.5 effective carbs)
Using traditional Evaporated Milk: 398 calories, 18g fat, 2g protein, 39.5 carbs, 3 fiber (36.5 effective carbs)
“Healthified” Pie with Coconut Milk = 291 calories, 26.9g fat, 4.7g protein, 10g carbs, 4.6g fiber (5.4 effective carbs)
“Healthified” with Cream Cheese = 322 calories, 29g fat, 6.2g protein, 9.4g carbs, 3.9g fiber (5.5 effective carbs)
by Maria Emmerich
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