Healthy family recipe: Creamy pumpkin dip
Treat your family this holiday with a sweet that can hold its own next to Grandmom’s apple pie. This pumpkin dip is the perfect after dinner dessert for kids and adults alike.
Treat your family this holiday with a sweet that can hold its own next to Grandmom's apple pie. This pumpkin dip is the perfect after dinner dessert for kids and adults alike. At only 8 grams of sugar and less than 100 calories per serving, this will be one delight that won't break your healthy habits.
Creamy Pumpkin Dip
Makes about 8 servings (1 serving = ¼ cup)
Ingredients:
15 ounces canned pumpkin
4 ounces 1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened at room temperature
2 tablespoons of sugar
2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice ** see recipe below
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
5.3 oz. fat free vanilla Greek yogurt
Directions:
1. In a medium size bowl, stir softened cream cheese by hand until smooth.
2. Mix in remaining ingredients. Stir well.
Serve as a dip for sliced apples, pears and bananas or graham crackers and ginger snaps.
*** Fruit and cookies not included in nutrition facts label.
Pumpkin Pie Spice:
Mix the following ingredients together. Makes about 3 tsp.
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp ground ginger
½ tsp ground allspice
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