I used to love apple pie, but I have not made it since my ‘real food pledge’ because I thought that it would not be the same without a yummy pastry pie crust. That was until I stumbled across a coconut flour pie crust recipe on Coconut Mama.
This pie crust recipe is really simple and only uses a handful of ingredients. As soon as I saw the recipe my instant thought was ‘Apple Pie’! It was also perfect timing because for some reason everyone in my house has gone off eating apples and so I have a fridge full of them.
The coconut flour pie crust recipe could be used for all sorts of delicious sweet pies, but here I will show you how to use the crust to make a apple pie with maple and pecan. This beautiful pie is gluten, dairy and sugar free, and completely delicious!
- Crust
- ½ cup coconut oil or butter, melted
- 2 eggs
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup coconut flour
- 1 tablespoon natural maple syrup
- Filling
- 6 medium apples, peeled
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- ⅔ cup water
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons natural maple syrup
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon of maple syrup, to glaze
- ¼ cup pecan nuts
- To make the crust preheat oven to 180 degrees and prepare a pie dish by greasing and lining the base with baking paper.
- In a medium bowl beat the coconut oil or butter, eggs, maple syrup and salt together with a fork.
- Slowly add the coconut flour. Stir until dough holds together.
- Roll the dough into a ball, then pat into the pie dish.
- Prick the dough with a fork.
- Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly brown.
- For the filing, peel and core the apples, then finely slice the apples.
- Place a saucepan on the stove over a medium heat, add 2 tablespoons of coconut oil and the apples and caramelise the apples for a few of minutes.
- When the mixture starts to dry add a little water and let reduce, continue to do this until all the water has been reduced, stirring so that the apples don't stick to the bottom of the saucepan.
- Add the cinnamon, pinch of salt and maple syrup, let the mixture simmer for a couple of minutes until it caramelises.
- Place the apple mixture into to pie case and top the apple with the pecans.
- With a brush glaze the pecan nuts with the 1 tablespoon of maple syrup
- Place in the oven for 10 minutes, keeping an eye on the crust as to not over cook.
- Serve hot or let cool and serve cold.

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