These Paleo Pumpkin Pies are a powerhouse of nutrition. Sweet, healthy, fresh, with an earthy, nutty, real food kind of taste. There is no gram cracker, sugar ladened, preservative soaked crust, but if you like nuts, you will love this alternative.
If you usually buy your pumpkin pie from the store, have you asked yourself why they are not in the refrigerator? How can they be fresh when they just sit there on the shelf? Well it’s because they are full of artificial preservatives. They have a sweet familiar taste, but how toxic are they? I don’t need to tell you how harmful the chemicals are that the food industry adds to your food. I just want to remind you not to eat that stuff.
I love to have individually pre portioned dishes, because it makes it so much easier to keep an eye on calories. These little mini pies are 170 calories each, which is an acceptable dessert allowance. Especially if you eat a healthy low calorie main meal before hand, like my Low Calorie Gluten Free Chicken Wrap.
An Optional addition to this almond crust, are my Spiced crunchy honey roasted sunflower seeds. Just pop some seeds in bowl and toss with honey (you may need to melt this first), Pumpkin Pie spice, and roast them for 10-20 minutes on 350F. Keep an eye on them. Everyone’s stove has a slightly different temperature, and you may need 10 rather than 20 minutes.
- For the Pastry
- 2 Cup Almond Flour
- 2 Tbs Butter - Frozen and cut into cubes
- 1 free Range Egg
- (Honey Sweetened Spiced Roasted Pumpkin Seeds)
- For the Filling
- 1 Can Pumpkin
- ¼ Cup Raw Honey or Stevia to taste
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- For the Pastry
- Mix flour and butter using your fingertips and rub together until it resembles bread crumbs. Add egg and blend until dough forms. Or just put into a food processor and blend.
- Put pastry into a lined muffin tin pressing down with fingers.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 350F.
- For the Filling
- Mix ingredients and pour into pastry case.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes at 350F or until set in the center.
