Wednesday, November 21, 2012

"Impossible" Pumpkin Pie


I really like Thanksgiving. It's one of my favorite holidays. I like it because it's all about eating good food, being with friends and family, napping, and.... leftovers and more napping. This year though, I want to treat is as more like one really great meal and maybe one round of leftovers, rather than days of unbridled gorging.

This in no way means I'm skipping dessert though.

The straight on, 100% traditional Thanksgiving dessert, to me, is pumpkin pie. I went in search of a vegan, lighter version and hit the jackpot - Vegan, lighter, AND super easy!

Remember "Impossible" pies? Pies where you just mix everything together, bake it, and it somehow magically makes its own crust? Well, this is that, plus it's vegan.

I didn't come up with the recipe, I used it exactly as is from Susan Voisin's blog Fat Free Vegan (you got it! the same site I got the recipe for vegan quiches!) Here is a link: Impossible Vegan Pumpkin pie The only tweak I made was that I used whole wheat flour instead of rice flour. I don't have rice flour on hand, and wasn't up to the challenge of grocery store shopping.

The recipe comes together really quickly - blend everything together, pour in pan, bake. As fast as I make it, is as fast as it's gone though, so if you need to take a pie to a someone else's house for dinner, bake two. You're going to want one all to yourself!