No Butter Baking Pumpkin Pie

Do you realize that there's pumpkin-themed EVERYTHING especially during the fall season: pumpkin pancake mix, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin butter, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin scones, they even have pumpkin flavored raviolis! If I say that I am completely not on the pumpkin bandwagon, I'd be lying but in the end, it all comes down to the classic, pumpkin pie. Although pumpkin pies are a Thanksgiving tradition, I say pumpkin pies all year round! It's too good of a dessert to just wait to bake or eat until Thanksgiving :)

When I think of "pie" the filling is the most important, but I'd say that the crust is just as important as what's inside the actual pie. You see, pie crusts are very difficult to make it without butter because if you look at a traditional pie crust, it's filled with butter, which keeps the crust nice and structured. This was one of many many times that I tried making a vegan crust and I must say, it wasn't easy at all. Some recipes made the crust too soft, and some were too flaky where I give it a touch with a fork and it crumbles. This 2014 holiday season, I finally was satisfied with my vegan pie crust so I hope you enjoy it!