
The Best Sugar-Free Pumpkin Pie for a Healthy Thanksgiving
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This sugar-free pumpkin pie is everything you love about the classic holiday dessert—creamy, spiced, and perfectly sweet, but without the sugar and grains. Made with an almond flour crust and real pumpkin purée, it’s a healthy twist on a Thanksgiving favorite that everyone will love.
The base is buttery and crisp, made from almond flour and just a touch of vanilla. The filling combines pumpkin, cream, and warm spices for that cozy, homemade flavor. It’s gluten-free, grain-free, and low-carb, yet feels as indulgent as the original. Serve it chilled or warm with a dollop of whipped cream, and you’ve got the perfect fall dessert that satisfies every craving—without the sugar crash.
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
40 minutes
Serves
5
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 ½ cups almond flour (fine ground works best)
- 3 tbsp erythritol
- 6 tbsp butter or ghee, melted
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
Filling
- ½ cup pumpkin purée
- ½ cup heavy cream (33%)
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup erythritol or allulose (or more, depending on pumpkin sweetness)
- 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (homemade or store-bought)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
Pumpkin pie spice mix
- 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp allspice
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
Steps
1
Preheat the oven to 350°F. While it’s heating up, prepare the crust. Mix the butter with vanilla, add the egg, and whisk together. Then add all the dry ingredients. The dough should be crumbly.
2
Take a 9-inch pie dish. Pour in the dough and press it evenly across the bottom and up the sides—it should hold its shape well. Prick the crust with a fork a few times and bake for 10–15 minutes, until golden.
3
Remove from the oven and let it cool for 10–15 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 320°F. Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Mix all the filling ingredients together and carefully pour into the cooled crust.
4
Bake for 40–50 minutes. You can top the finished pie with pumpkin seeds, pecans, or walnuts.
If you like a spicier flavor, try adding ½ teaspoon of garam masala to the filling.
8 servings
Nutrition per serving: 310 kcal | Protein 9 g | Fat 27 g | Carbs 6 g | Net carbs 3–4 g

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