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Vegan Pumpkin Pie

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Oh my poor poor wife. Her absolute favorite dessert in the entire world is pumpkin pie.

And not just pumpkin pie, but she loves everything pumpkin. Although she’d love it if I could just make her a classic pumpkin pie. You know. A classic pie crust. Normal ingredients like eggs, heavy cream, and sugar added into the pumpkin puree and spices.

 

But there’s this thing that foodies like to do.

They like to find one ingredient that everyone loves and go absolutely crazy and off-the-wall with it. Whether it’s pumpkin, gingerbread, s’mores, peppermint, or whatever. We just can’t stick to the classics. We gotta go crazy.

 

Vegan Pumpkin Pie | healthy dessert | thanksgiving | pie | pumpkin

Over the years, I’ve made Pumpkin Danishes, Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream, Pumpkin smoothies, Pumpkin overnight oats, and even a Pumpkin Pasta. I’ve made a whole hell of a lot of pumpkin recipes.

Yet, I’ve never made my wife’s absolute favorite dessert.

I thought, you know what? I’m going to make her so damn happy this year by making her favorite treat. And I’m going to post it on her birthday. She’s going to be so excited!

So I made it last week and couldn’t wait for her to get home and see what I had done.

“Honey, I made you your favorite! I finally made you a pumpkin pie!”

“You did?!” she was thrilled. She walked into the kitchen and looked at it.

wife: “The crust… that’s not normal.“

me: “Well, yeah, I made my yummy healthier crust.”

wife: “Huh.”

me: “But it’s still super yummy! Try it!”

wife: “So everything but the crust is normal?”

me: “Yup! Well, I did use a flax egg instead of real eggs. Plus I used almond milk instead of cream. But everything else is normal.”

wife: “That’s what I thought.”

me: “So what, I veganized it.”

Poor wife. I can’t seem to just make a normal classic recipe. I gotta go and healthify or veganize it, don’t I?

There is definitely a high to this story. One that I am entirely proud of. 

SHE LIKED IT!

My pumpkin pie lovin’ birthday girl liked it and didn’t complain one bit about it being vegan. She ate it. She loved it. And there were zero peeps from her mouth about flax eggs and almond milk.

Phew!

Maybe one of these days I’ll actually be a nice wife and follow a recipe to the T. Ha! That’s highly unlikely.

Happy Birthday Tiff! I love you just as much as you love pumpkin pie – and I know that’s a lot!

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If you want to make this pie with a more traditional (and still totally vegan) crust, head on over here where you can find my super easy and fool-proof Vegan Pie Crust.

VEGAN PIE CRUST | HOMEMADE DESSERT | VEGAN THANKSGIVING PIE | DAIRY-FREE | HEALTHY RECIPE

I’m not gonna lie, I actually prefer the updated, more traditional pie crust above (and in the below video) more than the raw walnut/oat version. I do absolutely love that crust, but it’s a little more health-conscious. So if it was just me eating the pie, I’m all for it. But for serving to a mixed crowd – especially peeps who aren’t on the health train yet – this more traditional pie crust is the one for you to make.

 

Vegan Pumpkin Pie | healthy dessert | thanksgiving | pie | pumpkin

Vegan Pumpkin Pie

Yield: 1 9-inch pie, about 12 slices of pie

Ingredients

For Crust:

  • 1 1/2 cups walnuts
  • 3/4 cup rolled oats
  • 10 pitted dates

For Pie Filling:

  • 2 Tablespoons ground flax seed
  • 6 Tablespoons water
  • 1 1/2 cups plain almond milk
  • 1 16- ounce can of pumpkin
  • 1/2 cup powdered stevia blend, (or granulated sugar)
  • 2 Tablespoons pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Combine ground flax seed and water in a small bowl. Set aside.
  3. To make crust, pulse walnuts, oats, and dates in the bowl of a food processor until everything comes together. You'll know it's mixed completely when it sticks together if you press on it.
  4. Press crust mixture evenly into the bottom and sides a 9-inch pie plan. Set aside.
  5. In a large bowl, whisk together the almond milk, flax+water mixture, pumpkin, stevia (or sugar), and pumpkin pie spice. Mix together well.
  6. Pour the mixture into the prepared pie crust and bake for 45-60 minutes, until the center is mostly firm.
  7. Let cool completely to room temperature, at least 4 hours, preferably overnight. This will allow the pie to completely firm up.

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Comments

  1. Lisa says

    October 28, 2016 at 6:22 am

    Happy Birthday to a fellow Scorpio! Hope you have a wonderful day

    Reply
  2. Leah Crafts says

    October 28, 2016 at 7:00 am

    Happy Birthday!!!!

    Reply
  3. Ashley says

    October 28, 2016 at 8:07 am

    Happy birthday to your wife!!

    Reply
  4. Ashli says

    October 28, 2016 at 8:35 am

    Happy, Happy Birthday!!

    Reply
  5. Linda says

    October 28, 2016 at 8:41 am

    Happy birthday Tiff!

    Reply
  6. Janelle says

    October 28, 2016 at 9:39 am

    Happy Happy Birthday Tiff!
    Have a fantastic day and continue to get super spoiled by Holly!?✨

    Reply
  7. Amber says

    October 28, 2016 at 11:42 am

    Happy Birthday Tiff, from one pumpkin loving girl to another! I hope your day is exceedingly full of love and blessings!

    Reply
  8. Paula says

    October 28, 2016 at 12:03 pm

    Happy happy birthday.

    Reply
  9. Cherelle says

    October 28, 2016 at 1:57 pm

    Wishing you the most gorgeous day for your birthday. Happy birthday!

    Reply
  10. Yvonne says

    October 28, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    Happy birthday to my husbands birthday buddy (great day to be born)! Hope you had a super awesome day!

    Reply
  11. Catherine says

    October 29, 2016 at 5:50 am

    Happy Birthday xxx

    Reply

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I'm Holly and I create real food recipes for real people. People who want to eat more than kale chips and tofu. People who are a little bit terrified of vegan food because - hello, what the F is tempeh and seitan, right?
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