***Paleo Pumpkin Pie Bites
Made Nov 10, 2017
Yield: 24 bites
Pie Crust
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, room temperature
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- Preheat oven to 350 ° F.
- Grease a mini muffin tin with oil, set aside.
- In a glass mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients.
- Add in the coconut oil and egg and work them into the mixture until everything comes together and a ball of dough forms.
- Place 1/2 of a tablespoon of the mixture into the bottom of each mini muffin cup.
- Use a shot glass or your fingers to firmly press the crust into the bottom of each cup and up the sides of it.
Pumpkin Pie Filling
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup canned light coconut milk
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 egg + 1 egg white
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 scoops Vital Proteins Unflavored Collagen Peptides
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- Pinch of ground cloves and kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons arrowroot powder
- Whisk together all of the filling ingredients until smooth.
- Add approximately 1 tablespoon of the filling to each of the crusts, you will probably have a little extra filling.
- Place the mini pumpkin pie bites in the oven and bake for 18-20 minutes or until the filling is set.
- Remove from the oven and let them cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes before removing them to cool completely on a wire cooling rack.
Whipped Cinnamon Coconut Cream
- 1 can full fat coconut milk, refrigerated overnight
- 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Take the refrigerated can of coconut milk out of the fridge and flip the can over.
- Open the can and pour the water into a bowl or container, the cream and water should be separated.
- Scoop the cream into the bowl of a mixer and add in the maple syrup and cinnamon.
- Beat the cream on high speed with the whisk attachment for several minutes or until stiff peaks form.
- Pipe the whipped cream on top of the pumpkin pie bites or serve alongside them.