Pumpkin Pie (AIP/Paleo)

This Pumpkin Pie (AIP/Paleo) recipe might actually be easier than traditional recipes. You bake the crust, and the refrigerator does the rest. Time saved!

It is embarrassing for me to admit, but it has taken me two years to finally achieve a pumpkin pie without eggs, gluten and processed sugar. Why should I be embarrassed, though? I mean, inventing baking recipes on the AIP is unbelievably challenging! It’s like trying to fix a truck without a wrench. 😂

If you have ever felt disappointed by your attempts to bake on the AIP, let me let you in on a secret: my first rendition of this pie went straight into the trash. It was a gross soupy thing that was the color of something no one – and I mean no one – would want to eat. 😳

But then I figured out what happened.

I was baking the filling in the pie shell.

Why is that a problem? Wellllll… in a traditional pumpkin pie, there is usually an egg (not AIP), which will solidify when exposed to heat. And, dear reader, do you know what happens when you expose gelatin to heat?

Yep. Soup.

Once I figured this out, I was on my way. This is as close as I could come to my favorite pre-AIP pie recipe. I will tell you that some testers have found it not sweet enough. Understandable, since most pies aren’t for people on a healing diet. I like it! But let me know what you think. Do you miss all that brown sugar, or are you happy with the level of sweetness?

The crust

My pie crust recipe is free of sugar. This is for two reasons: I use the crust for savory dishes like my Mini Chicken Pot Pies, and again… the whole sugar thing.

I promise you that the crust will break, but it is suuuuper forgiving. If a piece breaks off, just moosh it back on. If one side of the pie has less dough at the edge, take a bit of dough from the other side, roll a cylinder, and stick it to the skimpy edge. (I did that in the very pie pictured!) Just don’t freak out about it, K? Who needs that kind of stress???

Happy baking, everyone! 🍂🥧🍂

💗,

Wendi

Pumpkin Pie (AIP/Paleo)

Recipe by Wendi’s AIP Kitchen – http://www.wendisaipkitchen.com Course: DessertCuisine: AIP, PaleoDifficulty: Easy

Servings

8

servings

Prep time (excluding crust)

25

minutes

Cooking time (excluding crust)

5

minutes

Chilling time

1+

hour

This Pumpkin Pie (AIP/Paleo) recipe might actually be easier than traditional recipes. You bake the crust, and the refrigerator does the rest. Time saved!

Ingredients

• One AIP Pie crust

• 1 15-ounce can organic pumpkin purée

• 1/4 cup 1/4 pure maple syrup

• 2 TBSP 2 blackstrap molasses

• 2 TBSP 2 cassava flour

• 1 tsp 1 cinnamon

• 1/2 tsp 1/2 ground cloves

• 1/4 tsp 1/4 ground ginger

• 1 tsp 1 alcohol free vanilla

• 1 13.5-ounce organic heavy coconut cream

• 1 TBSP 1 gelatin

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Make pie crust dough. Roll between two pieces of parchment paper to about 12″ in diameter. (Using parchment paper keeps the crust from getting dried out from too much flour.) Press into a 9-inch pie plate so there are no bubbles at the bottom. Crimp edges, and prick the bottom and sides with a fork. (This will keep it from bubbling up when you bake it.) Once prepared, bake for 25 minutes, or until golden. Meanwhile…
• Combine pumpkin, syrup, molasses, flour, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and vanilla. Set aside.
• Place the coconut cream in a small saucepan with no heat under the pan. Sprinkle gelatin over it. Let sit to soak in (“bloom”) for 5 minutes. Heat the pan over medium-high heat, whisking until all gelatin has dissolved, about 1 minute. Let cool for only 5 minutes, whisking occasionally.
• Stir the coconut cream mixture into the pumpkin mixture. When it is well-combined, pour into prepared/cooled pie shell. Refrigerate until set, at least one hour.

Notes

• To make the leaf shapes as shown, roll out any dough scraps you may have leftover, and cut out shapes. (You might have enough dough to make one pumpkin shape for the middle of the pie.) Place them on a parchment-lined sheet, and bake alongside the pie shell. Watch that they don’t burn. They may need less time to bake than the whole pie shell.

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