Here it is, the first of, I am sure, many, many pumpkin recipes for the season. If you haven’t noticed in years past, or if I haven’t made it clear enough, I am an absolute autumn junkie! I love just everything about it. Well everything except the part about summer being over. Living on the East Coast the fall is by far the most beautiful season of them all, the colors are incredible, the air has a crisp, cool breeze that feels like a dream, I get excited to pull out the fall boots, scarfs and other various layers and I plan lots of fun autumn activities for us. Fall is definitely the reminder that we are all getting ready to hunker down and get all cozy for the long winter ahead and somehow no one around here really minds, in fact in some ways it is welcomed with open arms and even celebrated. We haven’t even sold our house yet but I am sure of the fact that I am going to miss Autumn almost as much as my family, once we officially make the move to California.
For me, nothing celebrates all of the lovely things about Autumn better than a spiced pumpkin treat, so when Danielle of Against All Grain contacted me to share a recipe with her readers, and she gave me the list of dates, I had to choose today, September 22, the Autumnal Equinox. The perfect day to celebrate all things pumpkin!
I am sure most of you are, but if you aren’t familiar with Danielle’s incredible blog, Against All Grain, you MUST get yourself acquainted. Against All Grain celebrates and shares wonderful recipes that are entirely grain-free (and therefore consequently gluten-free), free of refined sugars, and low to minimal dairy. Danielle’s site is great for those that follow the Paleo, Primal, SCD, GAPS, and Gluten-Free lifestyles. Danielle wrote to ask me to share a post with her readers while she is off working on her Against All Grain cookbook that will be on shelves in Fall 2013 and I am so excited for her, I definitely plan to have that book in my collection!
These pumpkin pie tarts are quite simple to make (although it may seem like a lot of steps when you read the recipe) and they will knock the socks off any pumpkin lover. The crust is entirely grain-free made with almond flour and it has a hint of spices that make the house smell so lovely when they are baking. The pie filling is creamy and rich but without any dairy, which is amazingly unbelievable. Of course, I had to top these treats off with a little whipped coconut cream to round out the flavors perfectly.
Head on over to Against All Grain now to get the full recipe and keep an eye out here on Tasty Yummies for lots more pumpkin recipes in the coming weeks. If you are looking for my quick and easy recipe for making your own pumpkin puree at home see my post here.
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Ahhh it looks so amazing! I am in love with fall, too, and I can’t wait to check out this recipe!!!
Thanks Alex, I am really quite proud of this recipe, I can see that I will be making these a lot this fall! Hope you are well.
Making these right now…so far, tasted the filling and it’s DEEELICIOUS! Only thing is, my “shells” don’t look near as perfect as the picture…I couldn’t get it to be a full-size cupcake size…oh well, I’m sure it will taste amazing no matter what it looks like!
Thank you for the recipe!!!
Cheryl, wow you are fast! Don’t worry about getting perfect shells, mine aren’t that perfect either and they definitely don’t go all the way up in the cupcake tin. Just go up as far as you can, they will fill up a bit as they bake and the filling will hide the imperfect edges, well kinda.
Once they cool and you take the papers off, they will look just fine. I hope they turned out ok for you. Please let me know what you think of the final product. Thanks so much for the comment!
They came out great! I took a pic. so you could see my final product (using a cell phone and NO photography skills..lol). http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f165/CherylPM/258059_10151050272252015_284978170_o_zpsb787c939.jpg
These were amazing! My husband loved them so much, I think I’ll be making these for Thanksgiving this year
Wow, these look amazing. I’m headed over there RIGHT this moment
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Thanks Leanne, I am super proud of how they turned out, I have been savoring the last few left, I don’t want them to be gone
Fall is the absolute best. This weekend I did 108 Sun Salutations to welcome to Fall Equinox!
These look absolutely amazing! You’ve done it again! : )
I am with you, Fall is absolutely the BEST!! I just read about your 108 sun salutations. Sounded so wonderful. I did that at the start of summer and it was quite peaceful and amazing.
My yoga studio did a wonderful celebration of the autumnal equinox with a vinyasa flow class set to live music. So nice! Happy Fall Raechel!
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