Fruit-Sweetened Avocado Pumpkin Pie

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Servings:

• Recipe serving size: 1 slice
• Number of servings: Adjust Reset

Ingredients:

• For the crust:

• 1 medium ripe banana, refrigerated overnight until cold and cut into 2-inch slices
• 1/2 ripe, fresh avocado, halved, pitted, peeled, refrigerated overnight until cold, and diced
• 1 1/2 - 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (can substitute 1:1 Gluten-Free Flour mix if you wish to make the pie gluten-free)
• Cooking spray

• For the pie filling:

• 1 15oz. can of unsalted pumpkin puree
• 12 pitted medjool dates
• 1/2 ripe, fresh avocado, halved, pitted and peeled
• 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 cups unsweetened almond milk (or milk of choice)
• 1 Tbsp. cornstarch
• 1 Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
• 1/4 tsp. salt (optional)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 425ºF.
2. Spray a 9-inch pie pan with cooking spray and set aside.

1. Make the Crust

2. Place 1 ½ cups of the flour, sliced chilled banana and diced chilled avocado in a large bowl and using your hands, “cut in” the fruit to the flour until a dough begins to form. Continue gently kneading the dough until it forms a ball. If it’s too sticky, you can add more flour 1 TBSP at a time just until it comes together. Do not over-knead.
3. Place the dough ball between two floured sheets of wax paper or parchment paper and roll out the dough into a ¼-inch thick circle. Peel off the top sheet of paper, dust the surface lightly with more flour, and flip it into your greased 9-inch pie pan. Set aside.

1. Make the Filling

2. Place the pumpkin, dates, avocado, 1 ¼ c. milk, cornstarch, pumpkin pie spice and salt into a high-speed blender and blend on high until smooth, scraping down the sides as needed. If the mixture is too thick, you can add another ¼ c. of milk and blend until smooth.
3. Pour into the crust and bake at 425ºF for 15 minutes, then lower the heat to 350ºF and bake for another 30 – 40 mins until the middle is no longer jiggly.
4. Remove from the oven and place on a rack to cool completely on the counter. The pie will still be soft. Once at room temp, place the pie in the refrigerator to chill and set overnight before serving.

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