Mini Apple Pies (Vegan, Paleo)
 
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Delectable mini apple pies with a scrumptious, shortbread like crust of coconut and arrowroot flours with a soft 'melt-in-mouth' filling of apples
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Recipe type: Dessert; Healthy desserts
Cuisine: Fusion, Paleo
Serves: 4
RecipeIngredients
For the crust:
  • ⅔ rd cup plus about 2 tbsp coconut flour
  • ⅔ rd cup arrowroot flour
  • pinch sea salt
  • ½ cup coconut oil (semi solid)
For the filling:
  • 5 medium size apples, peeled and sliced thinly (use soft variety of apples like Macintosh)
  • ½ cup water
  • ¼ tsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp all spice (use cinnamon powder for AIP)
  • 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice (optional, use ginger for AIP)
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • ¼ cup coconut sugar
  • 2 tsp tapioca flour mixed in ¼ cup water
RecipeInstructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 325 deg F(160 deg C).
  2. In a medium size mixing bowl, add all the crust ingredients. Mix using your hands and form a dough. (You may need to add a little more coconut flour if you feel the dough is too sticky). The dough should be smooth. Divide the dough into four equal parts.
  3. Grease four mini pie pans with coconut oil. Place parchment paper on top. Place the dough in each of the pans and press using your hands to cover the base and sides of the pan. Prick using a fork. Bake at 325 deg F for about 5 mins until the crust looks golden brown from top. Take out of oven and keep aside. Turn oven temp to 350 deg F(170 deg C)
  4. To make the filling, add all the filling ingredients, except the tapioca flour slurry in a cooking pot. Heat on medium heat covered for about 10 mins stirring frequently. Once the apples start to turn soft, mix the tapioca flour with water in a small bowl and pour this slurry slowly into the pot and stir vigorously. Cook for only one more min and turn heat off.
  5. Spoon apple filling into each of the four mini pie pans on top of the pre baked crust. Bake the pies additionally for about 7 more mins at 350 deg F(170 deg C) until golden brown on the edges.
  6. Serve the individual pies while warm!
Recipe by Cook2Nourish at https://cook2nourish.com/2017/10/mini-apple-pies-vegan-paleo.html