South Beach Pumpkin Pie

Random Rachel's Note:

Tastes exactly like the real thing! I miss my sweets, and I got to thinking, you can have everything in pumpkin pie except the cream, sugar, and crust. All of those ingredients are very easy to substitute for, and tada--delicious pumpkin pie on the south beach diet, phases 1-3! I actually normally made my pumpkin pies this way, with real sugar instead of Splenda. Pumpkin isn't listed in the book anywhere, but its a squash like zucchini so its OK (or you could make a zucchini pie, or butternut, or crook neck or... I think I'll stick with pumpkin:)

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 (15 ounce) canplain pumpkin or 2 cups fresh pumpkin puree
• ½ cup Splenda granular
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon ginger
• 2 eggs , blended
• 2⁄3; cup fat-free evaporated milk
• 1 low-fat whole wheat tortilla (omit during phase 1)

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375°.
2. Combine the eggs, milk, and pumpkin in a mixing bowl. Add the Splenda, nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon.
3. Grease a 9 inch pie plate, and place tortilla in bottom to act as crust -or- just grease an 8x8-inch Pyrex pan (I prefer it without the crust.).
4. Pour pumpkin mixture into pan, and bake for 45-50 minutes till a knife comes out clean.
5. Delicious cold or hot. You can make 'mock' whipped cream by whipping a little bit of the leftover evaporated milk with some Splenda, but it's not the same as the real stuff.

Reviews

[Mom2MMCJ]

My family loved this! I did not use the tortilla and added a dash of cloves. I also used 1/3 cup Stevia & 1/3 cup Xylitol in place of the splenda, because we don't use artificial sweeteners. Next time I'll add a full cup of sweetener to make it more dessert-like.

[lynniek]

I made this exactly as it was written. It was ok but I think a few changes would make it a lot better... It definitely needed to be sweeter - I would add more Splenda (maybe 1/8-1/4 cup) and more cinnamon. The seasoning was too subtle for me. I will not use ginger next time. I served it with sugar free cool whip which was the perfect touch. I will definitely make it again with the changes mentioned above.

[Chefjagflynn]

We tried this and it was pretty good. I followed the others by not using the tortilla and used a muffin tin and it was quite tasty. Thanks for the recipe.