Vegan day 327: Vegan Pumpkin Pie
By the time one searches for a real vegan pie..
one could make it themselves!
Unless of course you live next to a vegan bakery!
It’s Thanksgiving and I’m pretty sure it will be hard to sit through a dining room filled with desserts like pumpkin pie, pecan pie and blueberry crumb pie! Instead of waiting out the torture and getting upset that most bakeries do not know how to (nor care how to) prepare a dessert without butter, butter and more butter lol.. not too mention milk and eggs,— I will just be quiet and make my own. In retrospect, had I known it would be so easy, I probably would have started baking a long time ago.
I didn’t even waste time researching. I googled and took the first recipe that popped up on my phone.
http://vegetarian.about.com/od/desertrecipes/r/tofupumpkinpie.htm
Recipe as per Jolinda Hackett (About.com)
3/4 silken tofu package
1 can organic pumpkin (16oz)
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg – could have been the key ingredient that put this over-the-top delicious!
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup oil – That was tricky.. what should I use? I used mostly coconut oil and the rest earth balance vegan buttery spread.
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup of organic sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons molasses – I used pure organic maple syrup
1 pre-made vegan pie crust – Yes I needed a shortcut today!
For once, I followed the recipe! I mixed all the ingredients in a food processor and then poured it into the pie crust. I baked it at 350 degrees until it stopped jiggling – about an hour!
The true test was my more than honest 16 year old nephew. He will simply tell it like it is.. vegan or not vegan. He did a side by side comparison with the typical pumpkin pie. He liked mine better.. I think we decided it was the nutmeg. It just had more flavor. Yay! Happy Thanksgiving!
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