Smart Choice Vanilla Wafer Crust Pumpkin Pie Food

VANILLA-BOURBON PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Make the crust: Pulse the flour, granulated sugar and salt in a food processor to combine. Add about one-third of the butter and pulse until the mixture looks like cornmeal. Add the remaining butter and pulse until it is in pea-size pieces. Add the vanilla seeds, bourbon and 2 to 3 tablespoons ice water; pulse until the dough just comes together. Turn out onto a piece of plastic wrap; shape into a disk and wrap. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Put a baking sheet on the middle oven rack and preheat to 425 degrees F for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, roll out the dough into a 12-inch round on a lightly floured surface. Ease into a 9-inch pie plate. Fold the overhanging dough under itself and crimp with your fingers or a fork. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the filling: Combine the heavy cream, bourbon and cinnamon stick in a small saucepan over medium-low heat; bring to a simmer. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and let cool slightly. Whisk in the pumpkin, eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice. Set aside.
• Line the crust with foil, then fill with pie weights or dried beans. Transfer to the hot baking sheet in the oven and bake until lightly golden around the edge, about 15 minutes. Remove the foil and weights and continue baking until the crust is dry and golden all over, about 5 more minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool completely; leave the baking sheet in the oven. Reduce the temperature to 375 degrees F.
• Discard the cinnamon stick from the filling; pour into the cooled crust and return the pie to the hot baking sheet. Bake until the crust is golden brown and the filling is set, 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes. (Tent the crust with foil if it browns too quickly.) Transfer to a rack and let cool completely.

SMART-CHOICE CREAMY PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat Neufchatel and granulated sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add 3/4 cup sour cream, pumpkin, vanilla and spice; mix until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour into crust.
• Bake 40 min. or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours or until chilled.
• Mix remaining sour cream and brown sugar; spoon over cheesecake just before serving.

SMART-CHOICE VANILLA WAFER CRUST PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Mix wafer crumbs, butter and sugar; press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate.
• Beat Neufchatel in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Gradually add milk, beating after each addition until blended. And dry pudding mix, pumpkin and spice; beat on low speed 1 min. or until blended. Stir in 1/2 cup COOL WHIP.
• Pour into crust.
• Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm. Top with remaining COOL WHIP.

VANILLA PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, evaporated milk, eggs, sugar, flour, salt vanilla and cinnamon. Pour filling into pie shell.
• Bake for 20 minutes at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) then turn oven temperature down to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking 40 more minutes or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack before serving.

VANILLA WAFER PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Blend crumbs, butter and sugar thoroughly. Pour into 9" pie plate; press down firmly into bottom and sides with the bottom of a glass. Bake in preheated 375°F oven for 5 minutes. Cool completely before filling with softened ice cream, stiff custard or pudding, or other fully-cooked or no-cook-needed pie filling.

SMART-CHOICE EASY TURTLE PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Spread 1/4 cup caramel topping onto bottom of crust; sprinkle with 1/2 cup nuts.
• Mix pumpkin, dry pudding mixes and spices in large bowl until blended. Gradually add milk, mixing well after each addition. Stir in 1-1/2 cups COOL WHIP; spread over ingredients in crust.
• Refrigerate 1 hr. or until firm.
• Garnish with remaining COOL WHIP, caramel topping and nuts just before serving.

SMART-CHOICE DOUBLE-LAYER PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Beat Neufchatel, 1 Tbsp. milk and sugar in large bowl with whisk until blended. Stir in half the COOL WHIP. Spread onto bottom of crust.
• Whisk remaining milk, pumpkin, dry pudding mixes and spices 2 min. (Mixture will be thick.) Spread over Neufchatel layer.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm. Serve topped with remaining COOL WHIP.

SMART-CHOICE STREUSEL-TOPPED PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Add milk gradually to pumpkin in large bowl, stirring with whisk after each addition until blended. Add dry pudding mixes and spice. Beat 2 min. Stir in half the COOL WHIP; spoon into crust.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm. Meanwhile, microwave nuts, sugar and butter in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 to 1-1/2 min. or until hot and bubbly, stirring after 1 min. Cool.
• Sprinkle nut mixture over pie. Serve topped with remaining COOL WHIP.

INDIVIDUAL PUMPKIN PIES

Steps:

• Mix sugar, salt and spice in a bowl. Add eggs and beat slightly. Stir in corn syrup, pumpkin and evaporated milk; blend well.
• Portion baking cups in muffin pans and place 1 vanilla wafer in each. Fill each two-thirds full of pumpkin mixture.
• Bake at 300 degrees F for 25 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans for 5 minutes; remove.
• Cool a minimum of 1 hour before serving. Garnish as desired.