By: EatingWell
Photographer: Burris, Ken
Publish Date: 2008-11-01
Servings: 10
Yield: 10 servings
Total Time: 2 hours 20 minutes (including freezing time)
Prep Time: 20 minutes
To Make Ahead: Cover and freeze the pie for up to 3 days. | Equipment: 9-inch deep-dish pie pan
Recipe Description:
While pumpkin pie deserves respect as a Thanksgiving icon, it’s fun to shake up tradition. Surprise your family and friends with a frozen pie this year—it just might become one of their holiday favorites. No need to let them know how easy it is.
Recipe Ingredients:
Crust
- 30 small gingersnap cookies, (about 7 1/2 ounces)
- 2 tablespoons raisins
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
Filling
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 2 pints (4 cups) frozen low-fat vanilla ice cream, softened (see Tip)
Recipe Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9-inch deep-dish pie pan with cooking spray.
- To prepare crust: Combine gingersnaps and raisins in a food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Add oil and pulse until blended. Press evenly into the bottom and up the sides of the prepared pan.
- Bake the crust until set, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- To prepare filling: Combine pumpkin, sugar, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg in a large bowl and mix well. Add ice cream and stir until blended. Spoon the mixture into the cooled pie crust. Freeze until firm, at least 2 hours. Let the pie soften slightly in the refrigerator for 20 to 30 minutes before serving.
Recipe Tips & Notes:
- Tip: To soften ice cream quickly, microwave on Medium-Low for 30 to 60 seconds.
Recipe Nutrition:
Per serving: 230 calories; 5 g fat (1 g saturated fat, 2g mono unsaturated fat); 4 mg cholesterol; 42 g carbohydrates; 4 g protein; 2 g fiber; 179 mg sodium; 165 mg potassium
Nutrtion Bonus: Vitamin A (80% daily value)
Exchanges: 3 other carbohydrate, 1 fat
Carbohydrate Servings: 3
Recipe Categories:
- Course(s)
- Dessert
- Cuisine(s)
- American
- Degree of Difficulty
- Easy
- Special Health Consideration(s)
- Low Calorie
- Low Sat Fat
- Low Cholesterol
- Low Sodium
- Heart Healthy
- Healthy Weight
- Seasons & Occassions
- Fall
- Winter
- Christmas
- Halloween
- New Year's
- Thanksgiving
- Entertainment
- Main Ingredient(s)
-
- Dairy & Soy
- Other
- Technique(s)
- Freeze
- Bake
- Dish Type(s)
- Desserts
- Desserts, Frozen
- Desserts, Pies
- Desserts, Pies
- Desserts, Frozen
Recipe Disclaimer(s):
Scaling Disclaimer: EatingWell recipes are tested extensively in the EatingWell Test Kitchen. EatingWell cannot guarantee a recipe that has been scaled to make a different number of servings from the original. Also note that scaling only applies to the ingredient measurements: no adjustment is made to the recipe instructions, so pan sizes and cooking times and ingredient amounts referred to in the text of the recipe only apply to the original number of servings.
