Enjoy your Thanksgiving dinner with this guilt‐free classic creamy pumpkin taste but with less saturated fat and sugar
Ingredients:
Pastry
- 1 ⅓ cups all‐purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup fat‐free milk
Pumpkin Filling
- 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
- ⅓ cup sugar substitute (Choose from Splenda Granular or Sweet’N Low bulk or packets)
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup refrigerated or frozen egg product, thawed, or 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¾ cup evaporated fat‐free milk
- 10 tablespoons Frozen light whipped dessert topping, thawed
- 10 pinches Ground cinnamon or ground nutmeg
Directions
Step 1
To prepare oil pastry: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a medium bowl, stir together flour and salt. Add oil and 1/4 cup milk all at once to the flour mixture. Stir lightly with a fork until combined (the dough will appear crumbly). Gather the flour mixture into a ball, kneading gently until it holds together.
Step 2
On a well‐floured surface, use your hands to slightly flatten the pastry dough. Roll dough from center to edge into a circle about 12 inches in diameter. To transfer pastry, wrap it around the rolling pin. Unroll pastry onto a 9‐inch pie plate. Ease pastry into pie plate, being careful not to stretch pastry. Trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie plate. Fold under extra pastry. Flute or crimp edge as desired. Do not prick pastry.
Step 3
To prepare pumpkin filling: In a medium bowl combine pumpkin, sugar, honey, the 1 teaspoon cinnamon, the ginger, and the 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg. Add egg and vanilla. Beat lightly with a fork just until combined. Gradually stir in evaporated milk. Pour pumpkin mixture into prepared pastry shell.
Step 4
To prevent overbrowning, cover edge of the pie with foil. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove foil. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes more or until filling appears set (edges of filling may crack slightly).
Step 5
Cool completely on a wire rack. Cover and refrigerate within 2 hours. If desired, serve with dessert topping and sprinkle with additional cinnamon and/or nutmeg.
Nutrition Facts per slice (with sugar substitute)
164 calories, 24 g carbohydrate, 9 g total sugar
Source: Diabetic Living Magazine
