Thanksgiving Day Fat-Free Pumpkin Pie
- 1 cup bread crumbs dry
- 1 1/2 cups pumpkin canned
- 4 each egg whites
- 23 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 1/4 cups evaporated milk skim
- To prepare crust, generously spray 9 inch Pyrex pie plate with vegetable cooking spray.
- Scatter crumbs over and evenly press into surface.
- Spray crumbs with spray and bake crust on middle rack @ 350F (180C) F for 10 to 15 min until dry and lightly colored.
- Cool on rack.
- If using fresh pumpkin, rinse, stem and halve pumpkin.
- Scrape away seeds (bake them on jelly roll pan with dash of salt if desired) and filaments and cut into 2 inch chunks.
- Using paring knife, remove skin and place pumpkin in large baking dish.
- Add 1/2 cup water and cover dish tightly with foil.
- Bake @ 350F (180C) F about 1 hour until soft, checking to make sure that water has not evaporated, adding more if needed.
- Cool and puree pumpkin in food processor.
- If there is more than needed, salt leftovers lightly and freeze up to several months in tightly sealed plastic container.
- To prepare filling, scrape cooked fresh pumpkin or canned pumpkin into bowl and whisk in egg whites.
- Whisk in sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and evap milk, one ingredient at a time, whisking smooth between each addition.
- Pour into prepared crust.
- Bake @ 350F (180C) F until filling is set, 1 hr.
- Cool on rack.
- Refrigerate if prepared more than a few hours in advance of serving.
bread crumbs dry, pumpkin, egg whites, sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, milk
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/thanksgiving-day-fat-free-pumpk-4808 (may not work)