Gluten Free Vegan Cherry Pie
Cherry Pie is one of my favorite pies and especially when fall is here. What’s even better is when that pie is so good for you that you don’t have to feel guilty eating it. This Plant Based Vegan Cherry Pie nourishes you with cherries that are full of antioxidants and a healthy omega rich flax and almond crust. Your body and your tastebuds will be thanking you!
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 ¼ cup almond meal
- ⅓ cup tapioca starch
- 2 Tbsp flax meal
- 4 Tbsp water
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
Filling
- 1 – 16 oz frozen cherries
- ½ cup water
- 3 deglet dates
- 1 Tbs arrowroot powder
Crumble Top
- ½ cup organic rolled oats
- ½ cup almond meal
- 3 deglet dates
- cinnamon
Instructions
Crust
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Mix the flax meal and 4 Tbsp of water together and let sit for 5 minutes
- Mix together the almond meal, tapioca starch, lemon juice and flax mixture
- Form mixture into a ball
- Lay out a piece of parchment paper and place the ball in the middle
- Place another piece of parchment on top and roll ball into a large flat circle with a rolling pin
- Press into a pie plate and form a crust edge with your fingers
Filling
- Pour all but 1/2 cup of the cherries onto the crust
- Mix together the 1/2 cup cherries, water, dates and arrowroot powder
- Pour mixture over the cherries in the pie pan
Crumble Top
- Mix the oats, almond meal and dates in a blender until it forms a crumbly mixture
- Sprinkle this mixture over the cherries
- Dust lightly with cinnamon
- Bake for 45 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 240kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 7gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.3gSodium: 2mgPotassium: 204mgFiber: 5gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 39IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 70mgIron: 2mg
Jill, please review the recipe for vegan cherry pie. I have followed the directions exactly 3 times but the filling is too runny and the topping is moist powder.
I used 4.5 cups frozen cherries, 1 cup date paste, 1/4 cup cornstarch, juice of 1/2 small lemon and 1 t vanilla. I combined all of this and placed in the unbaked pie crust. Added topping as written in recipe. I had to bake it longer than written due to my changes. It was amazingly delicious. I’m making a second one right now because we can’t get enough!!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Did anybody else follow the directions exactly and have bad results? The filling was too runny and the crumb chopping was too much and two powdery.