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No Bake Apple Pie

Raw, vegan and gluten free apple pie.
Prep Time1 hour
Servings: 8

Ingredients

Apple Chunks

  • 5 medium sized apples skinned and diced
  • 1/4 lemon squeezed over apples
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Crust

  • 1 cup walnuts
  • 1 cup oats
  • 1 cup flax seed; ground
  • 10-12 juicy dates; if dry soak for 10-20 min. and pat dry
  • 1 tbsp. raw unpasteurized honey; or coconut nectar
  • 1 tsp. ceylon cinnamon
  • 1/2 vanilla bean; 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Filling

  • 5 medium sized apples
  • 1/2 cup chia seeds
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 vanilla bean; or 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup coconut nectar; sweetener of choice

Instructions

Apple Chunks

  • Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix until evenly coated.
  • Place apple mixture on dehydrator sheet and dehydrate for 1 hour at 145 degrees, while preparing the crust and filling.

Crust

  • Put walnuts, oats, and ground flax seed into food processor and process until fine.
  • Add in all other ingredients, starting with 10 dates and process again.
  • Make sure the crust is sticky enough to hold shape by pressing the crust up against the walls of the food processor with a spoon. If it crumbles apart add more dates until it becomes sticky enough.
  • Leave 2 cups of crust mixture to the side for the top crust layer.
  • Mold the crust to the pie dish with a spoon.
  • If it starts to stick to the spoon wipe the spoon with a damp paper towel. If it continues sticking grab a bowl of water and dunk the spoon in every time it starts to stick.

Filling

  • Add all ingredients into a blender or a ninja and blend until all the apples are broken down like apple sauce.

Pie Assembly

  • In a 9-inch pie dish; with a spoon, mold the crust to a 9-in glass pie dish.
  • Add apple chunks to the filling and mix it all together.
  • Pour the filling into crust.
  • -optional- sprinkle a little cinnamon on top.
  • Sprinkle the remainder crust on top of the filling. Do this by grabbing a handful and breaking it apart while covering the whole pie. This is the easy option.
  • -or- you could always go for the lattice. My dough was extra sticky because I found the juiciest dates so I added a little bit of almond flour to roll it out. Then I cut it and repeated until I had all the strips I needed.
  • Dehydrate at 145 degrees for 1 hour, serve,  and refrigerate.

Notes

The chia seeds in the filling will soak up the apple juice and intensify the apple's sweet goodness.
Don't have a dehydrator? Use your oven at the lowest temp possible and keep the door cracked open to allow ventilation. Times vary so keep your eye out.