A holiday dinner just isn't complete without a pumpkin pie. Now that I'm living in the South, I tend to hear quite a bite more about sweet potato pie than ever before - it's not exactly a popular dish in the Pacific Northwest.

However, no matter whether you prefer pumpkin or sweet potato, it can be a calorie bomb. The majority of those calories come from the crust. When something consists solely of flour and butter, though, that shouldn't really come as a surprise.

If you're like me, the crust is a mere nuisance anyway. Simply a vehicle with which to scoop all that lovely spiced squash and whipped cream into my mouth.

So why not do away with the crust as a whole?

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