Pumpkin Pie with Pumpkin Seed Crust

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cooking Time

60 minutes

Yields

8 people

Ingredients

Crust

• 1 cup almond flour, plus more for rolling the dough

• 1/3 cup hulled, raw, unsalted pumpkin seeds

• 1 Tbsp. of sweetener: either pure Maple Syrup, Raw Honey, Coconut Sugar, or Monk Fruit Sweetener

• 1/4 tsp. sea salt

• 4 Tbsp. cold unsalted butter, cut into bits

• 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar

• 2 tsp. - 1 Tbsp. cold water

Filling

• 2 farm fresh eggs

• 15 - 16 ounces fresh, baked or steamed pumpkin pureed until smooth

• 1 cup farm fresh milk, or almond or rice milk

• 1/2 cup sweetener: either pure Maple Syrup, Raw Honey, Coconut Sugar, or Monk Fruit Sweetener

• 1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

• 1 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg

• 1/2 tsp. ground allspice

• 1/2 tsp. salt

• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

• Optional: Serve with sweetened whipped cream or raw banana ice cream and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds for garnish.

Directions

Crust

1. Put the flour, pumpkin seeds, and salt into food processor with fitted metal blade. Process until pumpkin seeds are finely ground.

2. Add the butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal.

3. Add sweetener of choice, vinegar, & cold water and pulse until mixture clumps.

4. Roll into ball and flatten on parchment paper pressing into a large flat circle and chill until firm, about 30 minutes.

5. Preheat oven to 400°.

6. On lightly floured board, roll dough into a 12" circle and transfer to 10" pie plate pressing into bottom and up sides. Finish edges. Prick with fork in several places. Line with parchment paper or foil and weight with dried beans or rice. Place in oven for about 10 - 12 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Lift parchment or foil and weights and remove them from baked shell. Set aside.

7. Reduce oven temperature to 350°.

Filling

1. In mixing bowl, place egg, pumpkin, milk, sweetener of choice, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, salt, and vanilla.

2. Whisk until smooth.

3. Pour into baked pie shell.

4. Bake until filling doesn't jiggle. About 35 - 45 minutes. Set pie on rack.

5. Serve room temperature or chilled with whipped cream and whole pumpkin seeds if desired.

Notes

Variation for Crust: Use unsalted sunflower seeds or walnuts in place of the pumpkin seeds. 

Variation for Filling: Use canned pumpkin. 

Credit

Courtesy of Amie Guyette Hall