Healthy Pecan Pie Recipe (without the corn syrup, butter, and cream!) (2024)

Dec 18, 2018

This Healthy Pecan Pie is so rich and decadent, every bite is pure joy — you’d never know it’s made without the corn syrup, white sugar, butter, and heavy cream!

Time is flying by. It’s already mid/late December but it still feels like September! Here in Texas, the mornings and nights are a bit chilly but I’ve gotten away with wearing shorts and T-shirts multiple times over the last couple of weeks. I’m enjoying it while I can because in less than a week I’ll be in Wisconsin. Cold, cold, snowy Wisconsin.

My boyfriend’s family lives there and they invited me over for Christmas (which is also my bf’s birthday). I think this will be my first Christmas away from my family, which makes me a little sad, but then again my family is very small (4 people) and we don’t have any traditions or anything. We don’t even eat regular Christmas food. Last year we had sushi, and I’m pretty sure the year before that we had BBQ.

No matter where I’ll be though, there is always one constant: BAKING.

Pecan Pie is the perfect dessert for crowds who don’t like fruitcake or jiggly gelatin desserts.

My family also hates pumpkin everything, so if I make something with pumpkin I’m the only one who eats it… which I honestly can’t complain about 😉

I’ve wanted to healthify Pecan Pie for quite some time now but always put it off because it needed so many ingredient substitutions to healthify.

Traditional Pecan Pie contains corn syrup, white sugar, butter, and heavy cream. But not this one!

To make this Pecan Pie a little healthier, I used:

• A whole grain pie crust instead of a white flour crust (I got this in the frozen section at Whole Foods). You can also make a graham cracker crust, animal cracker crust, or gingerbread cookie crust!
• to make it a little more nutritious I used pure maple syrup and sucanat instead of corn syrup and sugar, to make it cholesterol-free I used egg whites and coconut oil instead of whole eggs and butter.

This Healthy Pecan Pie isan all natural, good-for-you dessert that is perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthdays, or any dayfor that matter!

This pie freezes well too! Just wrap it very well in plastic wrap and place in the freezer. To thaw, just take it out of the freezer and leave it in the fridge for ~4 hours, then let it thaw completely at room temperature after that.

I like to zap a slice in the microwave for ~20 seconds, or until it’s hot, then top it with a giant scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream. Does that sound amazing or does that sound AHHMAZING??

Everyone adored this Healthy Pecan Pie! This is definitelygoing to be on our holiday spread — I can’t wait to make it again during Christmas vacation in Wisconsin 🙂 — and hopefully yours too!

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With love and good eats,

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–Jess

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