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This Pumpkin Pie is amazingly scrumptious! I make it whenever I have a craving for pumpkin, but holidays are best. I try to sneak the entire pie to myself but there’s always someone who comes along who wants a piece. My pie doesn’t last one single night! It’s heavenly.
-FOR THE CRUST-
2 Cups Pecans (unsoaked)
1 Cup Dates (Pitted, chopped)
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Cacao or Cocoa Powder
Squirt Agave or Honey
-FOR THE FILLING-
3.5 Cups Cubed Pumpkin
1 Ripe Avocado (peeled, seedless)
1.5 Cups of Dates (pitted)
1/2 tablespoon Coconut Oil
Pumpkin Pie Spice
Touch of Agave or Honey
-FOR THE TOPPING-
1 Cup Almonds (soaked)
Water
Squirt Maple Syrup (or Agave or honey)
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
CRUST: Combine the pecans, dates, cinnamon, cacao/cocoa powder and sweetener in your high tech blender (or food processor whichever you prefer). Press into a pie pan evenly and set in the fridge.
FILLING: Chop the diced pumpkin cubes in a food processor until finely chopped. Transfer the pumpkin into your blender and add the avocado, coconut oil, chopped dates, pumpkin spice (about a teaspoon or less) & sweetener until thoroughly mixed. NOTE: Sorry I forgot to add the 1 tablespoon of Psyllium powder to the list. Add that as well. Pour into the pie pan over the crust. Sprinkle some cinnamon over top. Set in the fridge.
TOPPING – Optional: Blend the almonds, sweetener, vanilla and some water and control the consistency of the cream you want, more water for a thinner base or less for thicker. You can also add some cacao/cocoa powder to make a chcocolate version, but you will need a little more sweetener. I made 2 kinds as pictured, vanilla and chocolate. When complete, set in the fridge.
Everything should be ready within an hour, I like to let mine sit in the fridge for around 2 hours but anything works. If the pie crust breaks as you serve it, it’s normal lol, I seem to always break mine…
I hope you enjoy!!
This is incredible!!! Don't waste your body on cooked pumpkin pie. You could bring this to a holiday event and most people would not even know the difference.
The color is a bit different than cooked pie, but who really wants to eat Red #40?- it does not come out green.
yyuukkk! i used all the right ingredients, but i must have done something wrong...the filling was a sickly snot color and tasted like squash. there's no way that picture up there is of a raw pumpkin pie.
Does this come out green? Has anyone ever left out the Avocado? Maybe i can grind up some chia seeds to help it thicken... what do you think? I'd really like to start making this tomorrow.
Oh my Gosh! This is so good! I've made it twice this week, and want another one already ;) Instead of pumpkin, I used yams, and came out great... Thanx so much!
mmmm thanksgiving here i come!
I just made this for my husband..the pickiest pumpkin pie eater I've ever met.. he LOVES it.I left out the coconut oil, and the psyllium powder because I didn't have any, and used raisins instead of dates because dates are incredibly expensive here. All 6 of my kids loved this, too!
This turned out really lovely! I didn't have all the ingredients, but still really delicious. I didn't have pumpkin spice - so only used cinnamon and no coconut oil- but used coconut butter. Also, I put my crust in the freezer whilst I prepared the filling and it didn't crumble or break when I served it. I had some soaked sunflower seeds so used that for my cream instead of the almonds and it was just as yummy.
I just made this last night for non-raw friends. I forgot to add the coconut oil to the filling, and I didn't have any psyllium powder, but it turned out really yummy. My friends were even there when I made it, and they were still willing to try it! :-) The almond creme was particularly enjoyed. I put a piece in the freezer to try as a frozen dessert - haven't tried it yet.
looks ammmaaazing... i really want to try it
It's a spice combined with several other other spices, hmm doesn't say exatly on the bottle but I think it's cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. You can get it at any grocery or health food store. If not, just do a pinch of each.
what is pumpkin pie spice?
YUM!!!! I love anything pumpkin! I was never able to enjoy pumpkin pie pre-raw days b/c of dairy allergies, so I'm excited to finally be able to enjoy it entirely! I will definitely be making it this Thanksgiving.
YUM!!!! I love anything pumpkin! I was never able to enjoy pumpkin pie pre-raw days b/c of dairy allergies, so I'm excited to finally be able to enjoy it entirely! I will definitely be making it this Thanksgiving.
Wow !! I'll definetely make this one.