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We love easy, fun and yummy foods.  With the holidays just around the corner, it is time to make some of our favorites.  These Weight Watchers Pumpkin Pie Tarts are one of our favorites because it is so easy to calculate points.  With each tart being only 1 Weight Watchers Point – you can easily know exactly what you are taking in.  When we were asked to test out Monk Fruit In The Raw a few weeks ago, I knew this was the perfect recipe for that!  Of course it would keep these low calorie, low point and just as delicious!  Add a dollop of sugar free fat free whipped topping – or even healthier – whipped coconut oil for a yummy addition to these pies.

WEIGHT WATCHERS PUMPKIN PIE TARTS

Pumpkin pie has long since been a favorite at our holiday tables.  Everyone in our family loves them, but with diabetes on our list of health concerns, limiting sugar intake meant limiting our favorite holiday desserts.  This year, I could take a great tasty pie to my parents house for our annual Thanksgiving dinner, AND my dad could enjoy eating it!

Monk Fruit In The Raw is a great sugar substitute for almost anything.  It has zero calories, and you only need to use half the amount you normally would regular sugar in baking!  That was perfect for this dish!  When the pie disappeared within minutes, I knew I had found a great sugar substitute that everyone would actually enjoy.  Nobody could even tell it wasn’t a regular sugar filled pie!

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Weight Watchers Pumpkin Pie Tarts

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

17 mins

Total time

27 mins

 

Serves: 24

Ingredients

• 1 Can 100% Pumpkin Puree
• ½ Cup Monk Fruit In The Raw (For Baking)
• ¾ Cup Skim Milk
• 2 Large Eggs
• 1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
• ½ Teaspoon Ground Cloves
• ½ Teaspoon Ground Ginger
• ½ Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 2 Pie Crusts

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. In large bowl mix together all ingredients except for pie crust until well blended. Set aside.
3. Using small round cookie cutter, cut circles of pie crust out for each tart.
4. Place crust into mini mufin pan or tart pan and press down to create shell.
5. Fill each crust with 1-1 ½ Tablespoons pumpkin puree
6. Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until pumpkin puree is set and crust is golden.
7. Chill an serve alone or with a dollop of whipped cream or sugar free cool whip.
8. Each tart is 1 Weight Watchers Point.

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We use Immaculate brand ready made pie crusts for this.  If you made a lower fat version at home, you might be able to cut the point value even more.  While my Granny was an expert pie crust maker, I did not get those skills.  I can make a decent pie crust, but more often than not – I am the one who just buys a quality brand in store instead.  If you are great with crusts, then make your own and calculate the points from there.

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Don’t think if you are trying to eat healthier this season that you cant indulge in some of your favorite Fall flavors. Pumpkin pie is one of the most popular of these cool weather treats.  I deconstructed it and turned it into this Weight Watchers Baked Pumpkin Pie Eggroll recipe.  You get all the delicious flavor and texture of a pumpkin pie but without the level of guilt that accompanies it.  With a creamy pumpkin pie spiced center and a crunchy “crust” all the way around you wont feel deprived at all!

 WEIGHT WATCHERS BAKED PUMPKIN PIE EGGROLL

Ingredients:

¾ cup pumpkin purée

¼ cup greek yogurt

2 Tbsp. Brown sugar

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

4 egg roll wrappers

Optional:

fat free Cool-Whip

Cinnamon for sprinkling

cooking spray

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Whisk together pumpkin, yogurt brown sugar, and pumpkin pie spice until well combined.

Spread out egg roll wrappers with one point directly to you and one  pointing away and place ¼ cup of mixture across the center.

Fold up the bottom corner, wet your finger and run it across the edge of all remaining sides.  (This acts as a glue.)

Fold sides inward, pressing the egg roll wrapper together lightly.

Tuck and roll the final corner, pressing wrappers well to each other to form a seal, add a touch more water if needed to make sure its sealed, or your filling will leak out.

Place eggrolls on a parchment paper lined or non stick sprayed baking sheet, or a pizza stone.  Silicone baking mats on cookie sheets work great as well.  Coat the tops of your eggrolls lightly with nonstick spray to crisp them up a bit.  Bake for 11-13 minutes until crisp and browned.

If desired top with fat free cool-whip and a sprinkling of cinnamon to finish them off!

Weight Watchers Baked Pumpkin Pie Eggroll

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

30 mins

 

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• ¾ cup pumpkin puree
• ¼ cup greek yogurt
• 2 Tbsp. Brown sugar
• 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
• 4 egg roll wrappers
• Optional:
• fat free Cool-Whip
• Cinnamon for sprinkling
• cooking spray

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Whisk together pumpkin, yogurt brown sugar, and pumpkin pie spice until well combined.
3. Spread out egg roll wrappers with one point directly to you and one pointing away and place ¼ cup of mixture across the center.
4. Fold up the bottom corner, wet your finger and run it across the edge of all remaining sides.(This acts as a glue)
5. Fold sides inward, pressing the egg roll wrapper together lightly.
6. Tuck and roll the final corner, pressing wrappers well to each other to form a seal, add a touch more water if needed to make sure its sealed, or your filling will leak out.
7. Place eggrolls on a parchment paper lined or non stick sprayed baking sheet ( or I use a pizza stone). Coat the tops of your eggrolls lightly with nonstick spray to crisp them up a bit. Bake for 11-13 minutes until crisp and browned.

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Makes 4 servings – 1 egg roll per serving

4 PointsPlus per Serving

2 SmartPoints per serving on Beyond the Scale, FreeStyle Plan or Flex Plan

This fun recipe is so yummy & easy you won’t want to miss it!  At only 4 Weight Watchers Points Plus each, they are a great special treat for the holiday season!  While you might not think about having sweet eggrolls, this is a great choice for you to enjoy your favorite pumpkin spice flavor in a healthier version.  These Weight Watchers Baked Pumpkin Pie Eggrolls are sure to be a hit with your family and friends!

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As a kid, I remember my mom making the traditional version of this Weight Watchers Lemon Icebox Pie.  It included her homemade pie crust, tons of cream cheese and powdered sugar and either lemon pudding or lemon jello.  The layers of creamy goodness and flaky crust made it a favorite that I still crave today.  It was so simple, yet so tasty at after church potlucks.  It was one of those items that everyone kind of fought over when she made it.  As an adult, I realized how many calories were in a little square of that, and while we do attempt to avoid processed foods as much as possible, there are occasions when we want a fun simple dessert.  This is one of our few treats that is made from packaged items instead of from scratch.

Weight Watchers Icebox Lemon Pie

One thing you’ll notice right away in our recipe is that we use a regular graham cracker pie crust.  We do typically grab the organic variety if available, but we don’t choose the reduced fat ones.  I have found that the amount of sugar in the reduced fat versions can be up to twice as much as a regular one.  While you have 1-2 more grams of fat in regular, the amount of sugar is half that.  To us, that is worth going with regular versus reduced fat. This is a great simple dessert to make with the kids since they will be more than happy to lick the beaters when you are done!

Weight Watchers Icebox Lemon Pie

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Total time

15 mins

 

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1 Graham Cracker Pie Crust
• 1 Sugar-Free Lemon Pudding Mix
• 2 Cups Skim Milk
• ½ cup. Fat-Free Whipped Cream Cheese
• 1 tablespoon Splenda
• ½ Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 Cup Fat-Free Whipped Topping

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, mix together pudding mix and milk according to package instructions. Set aside.
2. In a separate bowl, mix together cream cheese, Splenda, and vanilla extract. Be careful not to beat too much. You want this to be just mixed.
3. Pour cream cheese mixture into bottom of pie crust.
4. Top with pudding mixture.
5. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving.
6. Top with whipped topping as desired.

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6 SmartPoints per serving on Weight Watchers FreeStyle Plan, Flex Plan, Your Way Plan, and Beyond the Scale Plans

4 Points Plus per serving

When making fun recipes like this, using the simple substitutions like fat-free milk, sugar-free or fat-free pudding mixes, fat-free whipped topping, and lighter cream cheese can make a huge difference in your points values.  Yes, it is a bit of a point sacrifice for just a piece of pie, but if you are like me – that sweet treat calls your name for only so long before you give in.  Wouldn’t you rather give in to something that is lower in fat, calories, and points that satisfies?  I know I sure would.  This Weight Watchers icebox lemon pie is a fun simple dessert that is perfect for potlucks, special events or just to help satisfy your craving this weekend.

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Nothing is more classic in America than apple pie.  We love these Weight Watchers Mini Apple Pies as a special treat on occasion.  They are higher in point value than other treats, but they are still a much lighter version than traditional apple pies.  When you are trying to change your eating habits, you have to embrace the 80%/20% rule.  This advice was given to me by my Sister, and frankly I feel it has helped us to make small but consistent changes in ou eating habits over the last year.  Eating healthy 80% of the time and allowing treats or changes 20% of the time is a healthy way to approach food. While you still need to be careful about the 20% you indulge in, eliminating everything can be dangerous as well.  We tend to over indulge in bad choices if we try to limit ourselves too much.

WEIGHT WATCHERS MINI APPLE PIE

My Beau made these little low fat apple pies for us a couple of weeks ago as a special treat.  We had found organic Gala apples on sale at a great price at Whole Foods, and took advantage.  Not only do we enjoy apples as snacks, we love apple desserts.  Since Gala apples are much sweeter and juicier than the traditional Granny Smith apples found in pies, they were perfect for making a healthier and lower fat and sugar option.

He started by washing and coring the apples.  Of course, the Wee Child has to have fun with this part of the process.  What could be more fun than purposely stabbing a funny looking apple corer into an apple?  Kids will always find a way to have fun with it.  While some would peel them, we love leaving the peels on our apples, even in pies like these.

Next he got some help from the Wee Child with chopping the apples into small cubes.  We have been working on knife skills, and prefer using the ceramic knives since the blades are nice and sharp.  Surprisingly, a sharp knife is much safer for kids to use than a duller blade.  We supervise while he takes his time slicing and chopping vegetables.  This was a great time to help him learn more about holding the blade and making steady knife cuts.

Here is where a traditional apple pie gets high in fat in calories.  Instead of adding a ton of butter or sugar to the apples, my Beau used a different easy method of par boiling the apples instead.  Using Gala apples made them much more naturally sweet, so he could get away with just a small amount of Splenda in this recipe.  Simmering these apples with a bit of water until they began softening was perfect.  When they get tender, you simply add in the Splenda and cinnamon.

Weight Watchers Mini Apple Pies

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

12 mins

Total time

27 mins

 

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 4 Gala Apples
• ½ Cup Splenda
• 2 Teaspoons Cinnamon
• ½ Cup Water
• 8 Mini Reduced Fat Graham Cracker Pie Crusts

Instructions

1. Core and dice apples into ¼" chunks.
2. Add apples and water to large saucepan or skillet and bring to a boil. Allow to cook fro 5-7 minutes or until apples are softening.
3. Reduce heat and mix in Splenda and cinnamon.
4. Cook for additional 5 minutes.
5. Divide into 8 equal parts and spoon into Graham cracker pie crusts.

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We chose the reduced fat Graham cracker pie crusts instead of making our own simply because with these we could much easier control our point values.  You have to watch brands though, because some of the reduced fat varieties contain a lot more sugar and are actually higher in points.  Compare labels, or skip the crust all together and crush graham crackers to sprinkle over the topping.  We also served with a spoon of fat free whipped topping or fat free low sugar frozen vanilla yogurt.  That isn’t included in the point value listed here, so make sure you double check that before serving.

While this is a bit higher in value than some snacks, it is also a much healthier option for your dessert menu.  You can adapt this to create something even healthier by leaving out the Splenda entirely, or serving just the apples and whipped topping.  These apples are very versatile and definitely one of our favorites to use in many different desserts and breakfasts.

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