Healthy Pumpkin Pie with an easy whole wheat crust and silky smooth pumpkin pie filling. A delicious low sugar addition to your healthy Thanksgiving table.
It’s impossible to enjoy Fall without pumpkin spice and pumpkin baked treats like pumpkin brownies, pumpkin bars, pumpkin cake – and, of course, this healthy pumpkin pie!
Healthy Pumpkin Pie Recipe
This healthy pumpkin pie recipe is an old recipe of mine that I have tested and retested. Low sugar homemade pumpkin pie from scratch has never been easier. The pie is moderately sweetened with maple syrup, making leftovers suitable for breakfast.
I love making healthy versions of the classics – like healthy key lime pie bars, no-bake peanut butter pie, no-bake Nutella pie, and no-bake strawberry cheesecake. Why shouldn’t we enjoy a treat every now and then?
I’m yet to find a healthy pie crust (a shortcut I would love), so I created my own with just whole wheat flour, almond meal and oil. It crisped up on the edges and was yet soft and tender inside thanks to all those healthy fats from almonds and avocado oil.
In fact, using almonds and almond flour has become a new favorite of mine – so much so that I use it to create healthy lemon bars, chocolate cake, pancakes, waffles, and muffins!
And the scrapes made delicious cookies.
The Ingredients
- Canned pumpkin puree: Not pumpkin pie filling with spices and sugar. Don’t confuse the two. We’re using homemade pumpkin pie spice for this recipe.
- Any milk: Milk in filling produces more of a custard-type pie. Without milk, pie has a more pure pumpkin taste. A matter of personal preference.
- Any liquid sweetener works: If using solid honey, make sure you warm it up on the stove to melt.
- Crust: Almond meal or flour, whole wheat flour and any oil. This combination produces soft with a crunch and lighter crust. I recommend not to make substitutions.
How to Make Healthy Pumpkin Pie
- Make pie crust dough. In a large mixing bowl, combine almond meal or flour, whole wheat flour, oil, milk, maple syrup, baking powder and salt. Mix with a spatula continuing with your hands until a ball of dough forms. If necessary, add more milk or flour, use your judgment.
- Roll the crust. On a flat surface roll out the crust until it’s large enough to cover the pie dish. First, flatten the dough ball with your hands and then use the rolling pin. Dust the dough with flour while rolling, and it might help to place it on a parchment paper half way through for easier rolling and moving.
- Bake the crust. Transfer crust into the pie dish and mould to fit using your hands. Cut excess dough with kitchen scissors or knife and make nice edges with a fork. Poke the crust and bake for 15 minutes in preheated 425 degrees F oven.
- Make pumpkin pie filling. In a medium bowl, add eggs and whisk for 30 seconds. Add pumpkin puree, milk, maple syrup, vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, salt and whisk really well.
- Bake the pie. Pour the filling into pre-baked pie crust. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for 55 minutes.
- When is pie ready? When you first remove pie from the oven, it might appear jiggly. Don’t worry, it will solidify in 3-4 hours as it cools. Let pumpkin pie cool completely before slicing. Using serrated knife, cut into 8 slices.
How to Make Ahead and Store
Make ahead: You can bake pumpkin pie the day before. Or make the dough and filling the day before, refrigerate and bake when ready.
Storing: Refrigerate leftovers for up to 3 days. Either tightly wrapped or in an airtight container. Freeze pumpkin pie leftovers for up to 3 months. Again, tightly wrapped and in a plastic resealable bag or in an airtight container.
Happy Fall and Happy Thanksgiving!
More Healthy Pumpkin Desserts
- Healthy pumpkin bread
- Healthy pumpkin muffins
- Healthy pumpkin cookies
- Pumpkin chocolate chip bread
- Almond flour pumpkin bread
- Pumpkin protein oat bars
You might also like other Fall-ready desserts like this healthy fruit cobbler, gingerbread loaf, and coffee cake!
Healthy Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients
Pie Crust:
- 1 1/4 cups almond meal or flour
- 1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour + more for dusting/rolling
- 1/4 cup avocado or coconut oil melted
- 1/2 cup any milk I used unsweetened almond
- 1 tbsp maple syrup or liquid honey
- 1/8 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Cooking spray I use Misto
Pumpkin Pie Filling:
- 3 eggs large
- 15 oz can 2 cups pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
- 1/2 cup any milk I used unsweetened almond*
- 1/2 cup maple syrup or liquid honey
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Spray 9" pie dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine almond meal or flour, whole wheat flour, oil, milk, maple syrup, baking powder and salt. Mix with spatula continuing with your hands until a ball of dough forms. If necessary, add more almond milk or flour, use your judgement.
- On a flat surface, roll out the crust until it's large enough to cover the pie dish. First, flatten the dough ball with your hands and then use the rolling pin. Dust the dough with flour while rolling, and it might help to place it on a parchment paper half way through for easier rolling and moving.
- Transfer crust into the pie dish and mould to fit using your hands. Cut excess dough with kitchen scissors or knife, and make nice edges with a fork.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- While crust is baking, in a medium bowl, add eggs and whisk for 30 seconds. Add pumpkin puree, milk, maple syrup, vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, salt and whisk really well.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F, pour pumpkin pie filling into pre-baked crust and bake pie for 55 minutes.
- Let pumpkin pie cool completely (!!!) before slicing. Using serrated knife, cut into 8 slices and serve your favourite way.
Make Ahead: You can bake pumpkin pie the day before. Or make the dough and filling the day before, refrigerate and bake when ready.
Store: Refrigerate covered for up to 5 days or freeze tightly wrapped in plastic for up to 3 months.
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Notes
- Canned pumpkin puree: Not pumpkin pie filling with spices and sugar. Don't confuse the two.
- Any milk: Milk in filling produces more of a custard type pie. Without milk, pie has mor: pure pumpkin taste. A matter of personal preference.
- Any liquid sweetener works: If using solid honey, make sure you warm it up on the stove to melt.
- Crust: Almond meal or flour, whole wheat flour and any oil. This combination produces soft with a crunch and lighter crust. I recommend not to make substitutions.
Nutrition
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My name is Olena Osipov. I'm a mom to 2 boys, a wife to Alex and we reside on magical Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. This is our healthy family recipes blog. Originally from Ukraine, I grew up on real food. As an adult, I struggled with diets for years because none worked long-term. Now for over 10 years, I cook easy healthy meals for my family. I can help you with “What’s for dinner?” too.