Dr. Greger's Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients:

Crust:
1.5 cups oats
3/4 cup pepitas, walnuts, or almonds (I used walnuts)
1/2 cup pitted dates
2 Tbls -1/4 cup water, or more as needed

Fillinng
1 can of pumpkin
1/4 cup pitted dates
1/4 cup ground flax seed
1/2 water
1 Tbls cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  In a food processor or heavy duty blender, combine the oats and nuts/seeds of choice.  Pulse until fine like a flour texture.  Add in the dates and 2 Tbls of water.  Continue to pulse, adding an additional 1-2 Tbls of water as needed to help the mixture stick.  Continue to pulse until thick dough texture.

In a 9-12 inch pie pan, spread out the crust using clean fingers or the back of a spoon.  Bake the crust for 10 minutes

In a blender, combine the pumpkin, nuts/seeds, dates, flax, water, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.  Blend until smooth.  If you don't have a high speed blender you will have to soak nuts in war water for at least 30 minutes.

Spread the pie filling on top of the crust.  Bake for an additional 10-15 minutes.  Once finished, alow the pie to cool and enjoy!  Store leftover pie in the fridge or freezer.

Serves 8-10 people

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