High Protein Crustless Pumpkin Pie (Gluten-free & Paleo)

November 24, 2013 by Leanne Vogel April 19, 2017

The easiest most healthy pumpkin pie you’ve ever indulged in. It’s wheat-free, gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, paleo, and high in protein!

Ingredients

Pie

• ¾ cup unsweetened non-dairy milk
• ¼ cup maple syrup
• ½ cup coconut sugar
• 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 3 large eggs
• 15 ounces canned pumpkin puree – not pumpkin pie filling!
• ¼ cup protein powder – see note

Topping

• 1/3 cup chopped raw pecans
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon sugar (3/4 teaspoon coconut sugar, ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon)
• 1 teaspoon avocado oil 

Drizzle

• ¼ cup full-fat coconut milk, chilled and whisked

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325F and lightly oil a 9-inch pie plate with a dab of coconut oil.
2. Combine pie ingredients in a large bowl and whisk to combine.
3. Pour into the prepared pie plate and set aside.
4. Add topping ingredients to a small bowl and stir until the nuts are coated. Sprinkle the mixture over top of the pie.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
6. Remove from the oven, allow to cool for 1 hour. Cover and place in the fridge overnight to chill.
7. Serve with a drizzle of full-fat coconut milk.

Notes

Protein Powder – I used unflavored, non-GMO, gluten-free soy protein powder as I have been diagnosed with low estrogen and soy helps me increase my levels. You can use whatever protein powder you’d like to here. I would recommend unflavored so that it doesn’t affect the taste. Alternatively, you could use something like coconut flour, almond flour or perhaps ground flax seed as a replacement.

Eggs – sorry, I didn’t test this recipe without eggs. You could try replacing the eggs with chia seeds (2 teaspoons ground chia with 2 tablespoons of water for every egg in the recipe) but I’m not sure it would work. If you give it a try, let me know how it goes!

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