Thanksgiving Day Fat-Free Pumpkin Pie

Crust: 1 c Dry bread crumbs

Filling: 1 sm Sugar pumpkin; 2 # or

1 1/2 c Pumpkin, canned

4 Egg whites

2/3 c Sugar

1/2 ts Salt

1 ts Cinnamon

1/4 ts Ginger or

1 ts Finely grated fresh

-gingerroot 1/4 ts Nutmeg

1 1/4 c Evaporated skim milk

To prepare crust, generously spray 9" Pyrex pie plate with vegetable cooking spray. Scatter crumbs over & evenly press into surface. Spray crumbs with spray & bake crust on middle rack @ 350 for 10-15 min till dry & lightly colored. Cool on rack. If using fresh pumpkin, rinse, stem & halve pumpkin. Scrape away seeds (bake them on jelly roll pan with dash of salt if desired) and filaments & cut into 2" chunks. Using paring knife, remove skin & place pumpkin in lg baking dish. Add 1/2 c water & cover dish tightly with foil. Bake @ 350 about 1 hr, till soft, checking to make sure that water has not evaporated, adding more if needed. Cool & puree pumpkin in food processor. If there is more than needed, salt leftovers lightly & freeze up to several months in tightly sealed plastic container. To prepare filling, scrape cooked fresh pumpkin or canned pumpkin into bowl & whisk in egg whites. Whisk in sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg & evap milk, one ingredient at a time, whisking smooth between each addition. Pour into prepared crust. Bake @ 350 till filling is set, 1 hr. Cool on rack. Refrigerate if prepared more than a few hours in advance of serving. Posted on Prodigy by Kim Clegg. -----