5-Star Apple Pie
Vegan, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Soy Free, Nut Free, & Egg Free
By: Jessica Caracciolo
Pie Crust (Makes both top and bottom crusts.)
Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten free all purpose flour (Bob’s Red Mill® All Purpose Flour)
- 1/2 cup rice flour
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 cup Earth Balance® Soy Free Butter*, cold and cut into small pieces
- 1/2 tsp ground Cloves
- 1/2 tsp ground Allspice
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Place flour, spices and sugar in a bowl and stir together until well mixed. (Having a hand mixer or standing mixer helps make this process easier.) Add cold butter and mix until pie crust forms.
Place pie crust mixture in a bowl and refrigerate until you need it.
Makes both the top and bottom crust.
Butter spread:
Melt Earth Balance® Soy Free Butter*. Add a pinch of each spice from above and put aside for the pie.
Apple Pie filling
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Earth Balance® Soy Free Butter*
- 3 tablespoons gluten free all purpose flour (Bob’s Red Mill® All Purpose Flour)
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 8 Granny Smith or Macintosh apples – peeled, cored and cut into small cubes
- 1/2 tsp ground Cloves
- 1/2 tsp ground Allspice
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Directions
(Prep apples, drizzle a little fresh lemon juice over them to prevent browning while waiting.)
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in gf flour to form a paste. Add water, white sugar, brown sugar, and spices from above and bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and let simmer. Then turn heat off.
Divide crust into 2 crusts. Place the bottom crust in your pan. Brush melted butter/spice mixture onto the bottom crust and using a fork- poke little holes in the bottom crust for air. Fill with cubed apples, mounded slightly. Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the apples. Place the top crust over your apple and sugary mixture. Pinch sides together and poke holes in the top crust as well. Then brush the top crust with the rest of the melted butter and spice mixture.
Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Continue baking for 60-75 minutes, until apples are soft and top of the pie crust is browned.
*Earth Balance® Soy Free Butter can be substituted for Smart Balance® Light which is gluten, dairy free but it is not soy free.
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Jessica Caracciolo is a professional psychic medium, manifesting teacher, multi-modality energy healer, gluten, dairy, soy and egg free Vegan, holistic health advocate, writer, recipe writer, baker and artist in Massachusetts. Jessica can be reached at: www.JessicaCaracciolo.com or CaraccioloJessica@gmail.com
