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Orange-Pumpkin Tarts
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Offer these individual tarts as an alternative to pumpkin pie at your next holiday meal.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 tart)

Ingredients

  • 1  cup  crumbled sugar-free oatmeal cookies (5 cookies)
  • 2  tablespoons  butter or margarine, melted
  • Cooking spray
  • 1  teaspoon  all-purpose flour
  • 1/2  cup  canned pumpkin
  • 1/2  cup  evaporated fat-free milk
  • 1/4  cup  "measures-like-sugar" calorie-free sweetener
  • 1/4  cup  egg substitute
  • 2  tablespoons  orange juice
  • 1/2  teaspoon  pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/4  cup  frozen reduced-calorie whipped topping, thawed

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 375°.

2. Combine cookie crumbs and butter, stirring well. Coat 4 (4-inch) tartlet pans with cooking spray. Sprinkle flour evenly over bottoms of pans. Press crumb mixture into bottoms and three-fourths way up sides of pans. Bake at 375° for 5 minutes.

3. Combine pumpkin and next 5 ingredients, stirring well with a whisk. Pour evenly into prepared crusts.

4. Bake at 375° for 25 minutes or until set. Cool completely on a wire rack. Top each tart with 1 tablespoon whipped topping.

carbo rating: 31

Nutritional Information

Calories:
261 (0.0% from fat)
Fat:
12.7g (sat 4.9g,mono 0.0g,poly 0.0g)
Protein:
6.9g
Carbohydrate:
32.6g
Fiber:
1.5g
Cholesterol:
18mg
Iron:
1.4mg
Sodium:
224mg
Calcium:
147mg
The Complete Step-by-Step Low Carb Cookbook, Oxmoor House, JANUARY 2005