This recipe is from the Enjoy Life Food's test kitchens. "They are perfect dessert for your Thanksgiving  meal, or any meal for that matter!"

Ingredients:

-Crust-
1/4 cup and 2 tbsp lightly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup rice flour
1/4 cup and 2 tbsp tapioca flour
1 tsp xanthan gum
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 - 3/4 cup Enjoy Life Cranapple Granola (crumbled)*
1/4 cup Spectrum shortening

-Pie Filling-
1 1/4 cups canned pumpkin
3/4 cup rice milk
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup brown rice flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

-Pumpkin Pie Spice (use less if you like it mild)-
2 tsps cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp cloves

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 350°F.

2) Make your crust: Mix brown sugar, rice flour, tapioca flour, xantham gum, cinnamon and granola until combined. With a fork, cut in the shortening until the mixture looks crumbly.

3) Lightly grease a muffin pan or line with muffin liners.

4) Place 1 tablespoon of mixture in each and press into place. Save remaining mixture for the top. Set aside.

5) To make the pumpkin filling: mix together rice flour, baking powder, pumpkin spices and salt. Set aside.

6) In a separate bowl, mix pumpkin, rice milk, brown sugar and oil until combined. Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin and mix well.

7) Fill the muffin tray with pumpkin filling. Top off with a sprinkle of the extra crust mixture. there maybe extra topping depending on how much you want to use on top.

8) Bake tarts for 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Let cool in muffin pan for about 15 minutes before removing. Remove carefully, with two spoons. Serve warm or cold. Keep fresh in the refrigerator.

*To crumble granola, process lightly in a food processor or place in a plastic bag and lightly pound with a rolling pin.

Yield: 12

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