Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie

This Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie will make your holiday baking so much easier! You’ll just love this super easy homemade pie. The no-fuss crust is made with Rice Chex cereal and has a luscious spiced pumpkin filing.

Are any of you still eating leftover turkey? Pumpkin Pie is one of my top five favorite pies and this gluten free pumpkin pie is one that you should make even for Christmas.

Wait! Did I say Christmas? It’s hard to believe this past week went by in a flash. After spending weeks of deciding what our menu would be and thinking what desserts I would make this year, it’s now time to plan for my favorite holiday of the year! We had turkey and all the sides for four days.

Originally published November 30, 2016 and updated on October 20, 2020. This is what we typically do on Thanksgiving…a big Italian feast. This year will be a little different. I loved this pie crust recipe so much that I wanted to share again with all of you!

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie

There was the turkey our friend made and brought over and his stuffing. There was my husband’s Italian chestnut and sausage stuffing (amazing!!)and then there was the turkey dinner my mom made at her house this past Sunday. There has been a lot of time spend with family and friends and turkey and we have been very happy!

How was your Thanksgiving? As usual, ours was a feast celebrated with a lot of Italians (and this time, a few Portuguese friends that are like family). We all contributed with something and as I mentioned, I was in charge of the desserts.

It’s funny that even restaurants in Italy have Thanksgiving menus. I just saw on Twitter a menu at a restaurant in Florence to celebrate to Thanksgiving and they had crostata di zucca gialla for dessert (a pumpkin tart). But I’ve even seen on Italian cooking shows the host making American “Pumpkin Pie”and you can come across plenty of recipes on Italian food blogs for “Pumpkin Pie”.

What can I tell you, I just love to bake pies, tarts and crostatas. I was planning to make some gluten free desserts for our friends that were coming for the feast last Thursday but also for one of my family members. We have been trying to cut out gluten and it hasn’t been easy. It’s actually been lots of fun experimenting with different flours and different ideas. Like this pumpkin pie!! The crust is so easy to make. It comes together in minutes and is so light!

Easy Gluten-Free Pie Crust

You will just love how easy it is to make this gluten-free pie crust. Did I mention that you don’t need to roll it out? Yes, it’s that simple. So no need to fear making the pie for your family dinner.

The pie crust is made with gluten-free Chex cereal and also almonds. It does require a food processor to blitz it into a nice crumb.

It all gets pressed into a 9 1/2-inch pie pan. Or you could even use a disposable pie pan like I did (I ran out of pie baking plates, so had to use a disposable one).

I did make my regular crust for one chocolat espresso pecan pie and another pumpkin pie and I also bought the Whole Foods gluten free pie crust to give it a try and it was flaky and very good! Can I just brag a little about the pecan pie? I haven’t made it in a few years and it was just because it takes a few extra steps and because I was trying different recipes out. But what a regret! That pie is something you have to try, if you like pecan pie!

So our Thanksgiving was a little more Italian than American this year. We invited our friend Aldo from Calabria. He brought over enough food to feed about 50 people. There were trays of stuffed cannelloni (stuffed with ricotta and with meat).

There were 3 different trays of stuffed peppers (large and small peppers). He also made stuffed eggplant Calabrese style and also another small try of a vegetarian lasagna. It was so hard to pass his Italian buffet on the way to the turkey spread and not try a little something from each tray. There were almost 20 of us this year and everyone left with containers of food and there was even some to share with neighbors and leftovers. We were blessed with friends, family, and delicious food.

How To Make Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie

Here are the crust instructions:

• Pulse cereal and almonds in a food processor until finely ground. Add Earth Balance or your favorite margarine, use real butter if you’re not dairy-free, sugar and salt; pulse until combined. Use immediately.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  Press crust mixture into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch pie dish sprayed with gluten-free cooking spray. Bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Reduce temperature to 325 degrees.

Pumpkin Filling Instructions:

In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, (full fat) coconut milk, sugar, eggs, vanilla and spices until combined.

If you’re not dairy-free, use evaporated milk in place of the coconut milk.

Pour into the crust and place on a baking sheet. Bake until filling is just set, 50 to 55 minutes.

Let the pie cool down before serving. Pie is best served cold and should refrigerate for one hour.

It’s also lovely served warm. Serve with whipped cream (coconut whipped cream for the dairy-free).

Cover and refrigerate any leftovers.

The pie crust was delicious! I found the recipe last year in the Thanksgiving issue of my Martha Stewart magazine. I used salted almonds instead of unsalted. I think you could even use pecans and have a perfect crust for your pie.

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Some more pumpkin recipes to enjoy:

• Vegan Pumpkin Pie Chocolate Chip Donuts
• Amaretti Almond Pumpkin Pie
• Pumpkin Pudding Cake
• Pumpkin Swirl Brownies

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GLUTEN FREE PUMPKIN PIE

This Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie will make your holiday baking so much easier! You’ll just love this super easy homemade pie. The no-fuss crust is made with Rice Chex cereal and has a luscious spiced pumpkin filing.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time55 mins

Total Time1 hr 10 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: gluten-free crust, pie, pumpkin, Thanksgiving dessert

Servings: 1 9-inch pie

Author: Savoring Italy

Ingredients

CRUST

• 3 cups gluten-free rice-square cereal such as Rice Chex
• 1/2 cup sliced raw almonds I used salted
• 5 tablespoons margarine melted (I like Earth Balance)
• 5 tablespoons packed light muscovado sugar or light-brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

FILLING

• 1 15- ounce can pure pumpkin
• 1 cup coconut milk use evaoporated milk if you're not dairy-free
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs lightly beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

CRUST

• Pulse cereal and almonds in a food processor until finely ground. Add butter, sugar and salt; pulse until combined. Use immediately.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Press crust mixture into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch pie dish. Bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Reduce temperature to 325 degrees.

FILLING

• In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, coconut milk, sugar, eggs, vanilla and spices until combined. Pour into the crust and place on a baking sheet. Bake until filling is just set, 50 to 55 minutes.