Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 packages Simple Mills pecan toasted crunchy cookies (paleo)
- 2 tablespoons almond butter
- 2 tablespoons palm oil shortening
Filling
- 1 1/2 cup soaked raw cashews to make: soak cashew in hot water for 1-2 hours or in room temp water overnight, then drain.
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 3/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a food processor blend the Simple Mills brand paleo toasted pecan crunchy cookies into a coarse ground texture.
- Add almond butter and palm shortening into the cookies and blend until combined. Then press the crust dough into a 10" pie pan and place in the freezer.
- For filling, blend soaked cashews in the food processor until they are minced into a fine texture. Add lemon juice and half the maple syrup and blend again for a few minutes until completely smooth.
- Add the rest of the ingredients for the filling and continue to blend for another minute or two.
- Pour the filling into the pie crust and chill in the freezer for 2 hours.
- Optional: Then top off with more cookies, whipped coconut cream, and pecans. Serve chilled and store in the freezer.
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