Thanksgiving day fat-free pumpkin pie (ovo lacto)

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Dry bread crumbs
1 small Sugar pumpkin -- 2 # OR
1½ cup Pumpkin, canned
4 Egg whites
⅔ cup Sugar
½ teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
¼ teaspoon Ginger OR
1 teaspoon Finely grated fresh
Gingerroot
¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
1¼ cup Evaporated skim milk

Directions

CRUST

FILLING

To prepare crust, generously spray 9" Pyrex pie plate with vegetable cooking spray. Scatter crumbs over & evenly press into surface. Spray crumbs with spray & bake crust on middle rack @ 350 for 10-15 min till dry & lightly colored.

Cool on rack. If using fresh pumpkin, rinse, stem & halve pumpkin.

Scrape away seeds (bake them on jelly roll pan with dash of salt if desired) and filaments & cut into 2" chunks. Using paring knife, remove skin & place pumpkin in lg baking dish. Add ½ c water & cover dish tightly with foil. Bake @ 350 about 1 hr, till soft, checking to make sure that water has not evaporated, adding more if needed. Cool & puree pumpkin in food processor. If there is more than needed, salt leftovers lightly & freeze up to several months in tightly sealed plastic container. To prepare filling, scrape cooked fresh pumpkin or canned pumpkin into bowl & whisk in egg whites.

Whisk in sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg & evap milk, one ingredient at a time, whisking smooth between each addition. Pour into prepared crust. Bake @ 350 till filling is set, 1 hr. Cool on rack. Refrigerate if prepared more than a few hours in advance of serving. Posted on Prodigy by Kim Clegg. 1⅘á

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