Pimping Pumpkin Pie

When I think of Pumpkin Pie I think of America's deep South, and I picture a little old lady sitting on a swing chair on a porch in one of those "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" plantation houses...and then I get creeped-out because those houses are shit scary and there's probably some voodoo vibe going on under the stairs or in the attic and the little old lady sitting on the swing chair is probably a ghost, or someone possessed, or she eats children. And then she smiles and she has no teeth (but in that evil-cavernous-black-hole-mouth kind of way not in that endearing she-forgot-to-put-her-false-teeth-in kind of way). Okay, this post is going downhill so...let's cut to the recipe for the Pumpkin Pie and focus on the joy that is Pumpkin Pie, regardless of the context that the poor Pie finds itself in. 

Ingredients

For the Filling: 

• 1 packet tofu (I tend to use Earth Products' plain tofu which I buy at my local Spar)
• 450g cooked mashed pumpkin or butternut (I buy a packet of the frozen pumpkin or butternut cubes which are super easy to cook and mash)
• 1.5 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp salt 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp agave syrup
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil 

For the Base: 

• 2 and 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
• 1.5 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup pumpkin seed oil
• 1 tbsp peanut butter
• 1/3 cup sweetened soya milk 

Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees celcius. 

For the base combine the flour, cinnamon, pumpkin seed oil and peanut butter and then mix together with your fingers until is becomes crumb-like. Knead in the soya milk until it forms a ball of dough. 

Roll the dough out onto a flat non-stick surface (or sprinkle some flour on your work surface beforehand) and, using your fingers, press the dough into a round pie dish (20cm) and cut off any over-hanging edges. 

For the filling combine all of the ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth in consistency. 

Pour the filling into the pie dish and bake in the oven for about 40-50 minutes (until it turn golden brown). 

Allow to cool and serve!

~YUM~