Source:

Better Homes and Gardens Diabetic Cookbook

Serves/Makes:8

Ingredients

• 1 recipe Lower-Fat Oil Pastry (Below)
• Filling:
• 1 15-ounce can pumpkin
• 1/3 cup (80 ml) maple-flavored syrup
• 1 tbsp (15 ml) all-purpose flour
• 2 packets heat-stable sugar substitute
• 1-1/2 tsp (7 ml). pumpkin pie spice
• 3/4 cup (175 ml) refrigerated or frozen egg product, thawed
• 1 cup (225 ml) evaporated fat-free milk
• 1-1/2 tsp (7 ml). vanilla
• frozen light whipped dessert topping, thawed (optional)
• Lower-Fat Oil Pastry:
• 1-1/4 cups (300 ml) all-purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp (1 ml) salt
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) fat-free milk
• 3 tbsp (45 ml) cooking oil
• 1 tsp (5 ml) or more additional milk (as needed)

Preparation

• Pastry:
• In a medium bowl stir together flour and salt.
• Combine milk and cooking oil; add all at once to flour mixture.
• Stir with a fork until dough forms.
• If necessary, add 1 to 2 tsp (10 ml) additional milk.
• Shape the dough into a ball.
• On a lightly floured surface, flatten pastry.
• Roll into a 12-inch circle.
• Wrap pastry circle around the rolling pin; unroll into a 9 inch pie plate.
• Ease pastry into pan, being careful not to stretch pastry.
• Trim to 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie plate.
• Fold under extra pastry.
• Crimp the edge as desired.
• Do not prick pastry.
• Filling:
• In a medium bowl combine pumpkin, syrup, flour, sugar substitute, and pumpkin pie spice; add egg product.
• Beat lightly with a rotary beater or fork until just combined.
• Gradually stir in evaporated milk and vanilla; mix well.
• Place pastry-lined pie plate on oven rack.
• Carefully pour filling into pastry shell.
• To prevent overbrowning, cover edge of pie with foil.
• Bake in a 375 degree (200 C.) oven for 25 minutes.
• Remove the foil.
• Bake 20-25 minutes more or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Cover and refrigerate within 2 hours.
• If desired, serve with dessert topping.

Comments

Nutrition facts per serving: 216 calories, 6 g total fat (1 g saturated fat), 1 mg cholesterol, 153 mg sodium, 32 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 8 g protein. Daily values: 126% vit. A, 4% vit. C, 11% calcium, 15% iron