The World’s Healthiest Apple Pie
By Chef AJ
Most pie is made from white sugar, white flour and butter, but this one is made from gluten free oats, seeds and fruit. You could even eat it for breakfast, and I do, I do!!!
Serves: 6-8
Prep Time: 40 min
Cook Time: 50 min
Ingredients
Crust:
1 1/4 Cups
Gluten free oats
1/4 Cup
Ground flax seeds
1 Tsp
Apple pie spice or cinnamon
4 Ounces
Sulfite free dried apples
8 Ounces
Pitted dates
1 Tbsp
Alcohol free vanilla extract
Filling:
3 Pounds
Apples
1 Cup
Date paste
4 Tbsp
Lemon juice (add zest if using fresh)
4 Tbsp
Chia seeds
1 Tbsp
Alcohol free vanilla extract
1 Tbsp
Apple pie spice or cinnamon
1/4 Cup
Unsweetened coconut
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2
For crust:
In a high-powered blender grind oats and seeds. Transfer to a food processor fitted with the “S” blade. Add the spice and dried apples and process until they are finely ground. Add dates, a few at a time, until mixture start to stick together and you can clump it together easily into a ball. Then add vanilla and briefly process again. Evenly press mixture into a 9″ springform pan.
3
For filling:
In a small bowl, mix together the chia seeds and lemon juice. Set aside. Peel apples and finely chop. Stir in date paste (recipe in Desserts), spice and vanilla. Add chia seed/lemon juice mixture and mix well. Pour evenly over crust. Sprinkle with coconut. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 -55 minutes until coconut starts to brown.
4
Delicious served hot, warm, cold or at room temperature, with or without pear whipped cream.
Chef’s Note: You can also warm this in a dehydrator for 6-8 hours for a raw apple pie.
5
Serve with Pear Whipped Cream, recipe in Desserts.
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