Pumpkin pie alternative recipes

[mific]

In the spirit of North American holidays: Brian Lagerstrom just posted three recipes for alternatives to pumpkin pie, that retain the spicy pumpkin flavour but are easier (he says) to make. I'm guessing that's compared to making all aspects of a pumpkin pie from scratch.

• Pumpkin Creme Brûlée - naturally GF
• Pumpkin Crunch - his mother-in-law's bars/cake recipe. You'd need to sub the flour with all-purpose GF flour, or use the alternative in the recipe, a box of GF vanilla cake mix. 
• Pumpkin Basque Baked Cheesecake - he suggests subbing the flour with all-purpose GF flour in the video.

All the recipes have eggs and dairy, pumpkin purée and pumpkin spice. The Crunch also has pecans, but you could sub for those with a crumble topping made with coconut and oatmeal, or even crumbled GF cornflakes.

Comments

[teaotter]

I really want to try that Pumpkin Crunch recipe. It looks so weird, but completely like the kinds of potluck desserts I grew up with.

[mific]

Yeah, it's got a midwestern feel to me.

[runpunkrun]

Thanks for sharing this video! That Pumpkin Creme Brûlée looks sooo good.

[mific]

I know - Creme Brûlée is my fave!