How to Make Old Fashioned Apple Pie with Real Food (Wild Diet Approved)

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Old Fashioned Apple Pie with Crumble Top (Wild Diet Approved)

 

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Prep time

30 mins

Cook time

1 hour

Total time

1 hour 30 mins

 

Coconut sugar, spice, and everything nice… but no processed sugar, wheat flour, or chemical additives. Real food always tastes better. Try it yourself, and you’ll see what I mean!

Author: Abel James

Recipe type: Dessert

Serves: 8

Ingredients

Crust

• 1 ½ cups coconut flour (or buckwheat flour)
• 1 ½ cups almond flour
• ½ cup flaxseed meal
• 1 ½ teaspoons sea salt
• ½ cup + 1 tablespoon butter (or coconut oil), melted
• 1 ½ cups full-fat unsweetened canned coconut milk
• 3 tablespoons 100% maple syrup

Filling

• 5 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
• Juice of ½ lemon
• ¾ cup grass-fed butter (unsalted)
• ¼ cup almond flour
• 3 tablespoons filtered water
• 1 cup organic coconut palm sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 ½ tablespoons vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a pie pan with coconut oil.
2. For the crust, in a large bowl whisk together coconut flour, almond flour, flaxseed meal, and salt.
3. Add melted coconut oil, coconut milk, and maple syrup. Mix until well combined.
4. Press ⅔ of the dough into greased pie pan, and freeze while you make the filling. Reserve the remaining dough in bowl. Set aside.
5. Place apple slices in a large bowl and toss with the lemon juice. Set aside.
6. Melt butter a saucepan over low heat.
7. Stir in almond flour, water, coconut palm sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. Bring to a simmer.
8. Pour ⅓ of the sauce mixture in with the remaining crust dough, and pour the other ⅔ of the sauce with the apple slices and turn to completely coat.
9. Take pie shell out of the freezer, and pour the apple mixture into the prepared crust.
10. Use hands to mix the butter mixture into the remaining dough and either flatten and place over the apples, or crumble over the top. Line the rim of the pie pan with foil to cover the crust edges (so they don't burn).
11. Bake until the crust is golden brown and the filling is hot and bubbling, 40 to 50 minutes.
12. Let cool until just warm. Enjoy with homemade whipped cream and a cup of coffee. Alternatively, cover and refrigerate for up to 5 days.

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Without gluten to hold everything together, most grain-free dough lacks elasticity and can crumble before you can get it in the pan.

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Real apple flavors with butter, spice, and everything nice… but no processed sugar, wheat flour, or chemical additives. As always, real food simply tastes better.

Try this old-fashioned apple pie yourself, and you’ll see what I mean!

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