Vegan (Strict Vegetarian) Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients

• 2 (350 g) boxes silken tofu, drained

• 2 cups of cooked pumpkin
• 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, not packed tight
• 1 dash salt
• 7 teaspoons blended pumpkin pie spice

pumpkin pie spice

• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground dried ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 2 teaspoons nutmeg
• 2 vegan pie crusts

Directions

1. 1

   Heat oven to 375F.

2. 2

   Blend the tofu in a food processor or with a blender until smooth and cream-like; the blending may take three or four minutes total.

3. 3

   Stop the machine every once in a while to scrape large pieces of tofu down into the machine's blades.

4. 4

   Add two heaping cups of cooked pumpkin and blend some more, again stopping the machine and scraping the mixture down.

5. 5

   The result should be a light orange-colored paste with no lumps of tofu.

6. 6

   Put the paste into a large mixing bowl and add the sugar, salt, and spices.

7. 7

   Mix well and spoon it into two pie crusts; top with small bits of crust cut into shapes, if desired.

8. 8

   Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until the crusts are dark brown (but not burned).