I have had quite a few requests by friends and readers to create a raw food recipe for an apple pie. One friend in particular has been very insistent, mentioning it almost every time I see her…for months.
I don’t know about other raw food chefs, but my creative process is fickle. I need to be inspired. Something I see or read will trigger my creative flow and I go to work in the kitchen. Without that inspiration, that feeling that I need to make this now, I could sit for hours just staring into space having no idea what I should do.
Yesterday, I was finally inspired to create a recipe for a raw apple pie. I bought some beautiful, organic apples and set to work. I love walnuts with apples, so I had to make a walnut crust. Wanting soft apples, and also the juicy feel of a “baked” apple pie, a little oat flour was combined with the apple mixture creating a filling that is like a traditional recipe. I am very pleased with the results and hope you will be, too! This recipe takes a little more preparation than my normal recipes but it is worth it.
Raw Apple Pie with Maple Cinnamon Glaze
Crust:
- 2 cups walnuts, soaked until soft
- 2 tablespoons coconut butter
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar
1. Drain walnuts. Place in food processor and process until a coarse meal is achieved.
2. Add coconut butter and agave nectar. Mix until well combined.
2. Press 1/4 in thick into tart shells or 9″ pie plate.
3. Dehydrate for 3 hours at 116. You can start at at 140 for 45 minutes and then lower the temp.
Filling:
- 4 apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- juice from 1/2 lemon
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup agave nectar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/3 cup raw oat flour
1. Place apple slices in bowl.
2. Sprinkle with lemon juice and toss.
3.Mix together maple syrup, agave and cinnamon.
4. Stir into apple mixture
5. Add oat flour and toss to coat.
6. Place filling in two separate glass pie plates.
7. Place in dehydrator and dehydrate for 6 hours, stirring occasionally. Add water if mixture starts to dry out.
Maple Cinnamon Glaze
- 1 tablespoon coconut butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup*
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1. Whisk all ingredients together to combine.
Assembly:
1. Place filling in four, 4″ tart shells or one 9″ pie plate that you have already prepared with the crust.
2. Place back into dehydrator for 2 hours.
3. Remove and top with Maple Cinnamon Glaze
*maple syrup is not raw but used in raw food recipes.
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Sounds very very good. Will have to try it soon!
This looks absolutely amazing! Well,, Rawmazing, I guess you could say!
The photo makes me want to just dig right in. it’s gorgeous!
Elle: Always the best comment! Thanks!
This looks so yummy! Thanks for posting! I believe my taste buds will sing after trying this!
omg, this looks delicious! I am throwing a party this weekend and this will be the perfect dessert! Thank you for sharing!
Also, do you think this will be fine if I make it the night before and then just keep it in the fridge overnight?
I think the crust could get soggy….You might want to do the assembly the day of.
OhMyGosh! Stopped eating apple pie a long time ago, but this I must try!!! My mouth is watering already…..
wow!!
Gorgeous, Susan. This one’s going in my blue notebook. (That means it’s a keeper!) Can’t wait to try it.
Now how much would it cost to get you to mail one of those to me?
(I am living at a language training program for the summer and have nowhere to prepare food for myself- basically a dorm, but no communal kitchen.)
That is beautiful! I’m not very much into nuts and my husband is very allergic to them but that crust actually looks really good!
Beautiful!!! YUMMY
SweetonVeg shared this link today, boy am I glad she did. What an amazing site; can’t wait to try all your fabulous recipes (drooling!). I am SO making this on Friday!
Wow, apple pie is my all time favorite! This looks beyond decadent! YUM!
Another winner!! Just wondering if you can recommend a substitute for oat flour- my partner is gluten intolerant. Thanks!
this looks great, I wondered Susan if you’ve run into any issues with moldy walnuts lately. I stopped buying them for a while after getting a couple of bags from the Wedge (raw organic whole bulk walnuts) that had some moldy tasting nuts in them.
I have been craving apple pie for three days! Oh my, this is getting prepared today!!!
Big mahalo!
Oats do not have gluten in them. If you need certified gluten free oats, you can purchase them (processed in a facility that doesn’t process anything with gluten) on the internet.
Love raw apple pie…so pretty!
Is it possible to make the crust without dehydrating? putting it in refrigerator?
Helene: The way this crust is made, it needs dehydration. You could try it without soaking the walnuts but you won’t have the same texture.
Absolutely beautiful and delicious looking! I would love a slice right now.
I don’t usually comment but this recipe looks amazing and simple and easy enough for me to make – which being an awful chef is what I look for. I am definitly giving this a try.
That looks so YUMMY! I can’t wait to try it. . .
Hey Susan!!!
Been wondering where you are so had to stop in and see you. Glad I did!!!! Apple pie looks delicious!!! Been attending and live streaming open mics and sing-alongs at The Coffee Gallery (http://bit.ly/aYZgEL) here in Altadena and have been bringing them raw goodies. Gonna have to share you and yours!!!!
Hoping all is well,
Revvell
Bodacious Living
wow, that is BEAUTIFUL!!! i most definitely want to try making this.
…one problem though. i don’t own a dehydrator! i know you can use the oven for most instances in raw “cooking” but do you know how i could go about it for this apple pie?
Zoe: If you use the oven, you can’t be assured that you will keep the food temp under 116. If that is ok, then go for it. I honestly have no idea what times and temps would be. You would have to experiment.
Oh my heaven…that looks unbelievable!!
Aggie….it is a tasty one! Doesn’t stay around for very long.
I’m making this tonight! It looks phenomenal! And I’m trying to eat more food raw.
This recipe has over two thousand calories. Seriously. Raw/Vegan does not equal healthy.
To blahblah: Yes, the entire recipe has over 2,000 calories but it also makes 6-8 servings making each serving between 250 and 350 calories. Which is very similar to a normal piece of apple pie. The difference is all of the calories in this pie contain nutrients. Something that a normal apple pie made from butter, sugar, white flour can’t claim. The apples are also not cooked so they retain a much higher nutritional profile. It is a dessert and should be treated as one. But I for one, would rather eat a dessert that actually nourishes my body instead of one that is unhealthy and actually puts harmful substances in my body. So I will respectfully disagree. Raw, vegan does equal healthy.
I have to respond to blahblah’s comment about calories: I’m 52 years old; with 40 pounds of ‘after-babies’, ‘after forty’ weight that I’d just about given up on ever getting rid of. I have tried every diet there is, including Weight Watchers, Zone, Atkins, and counting calories, so I am speaking from experience. When I switch to 80-100 percent raw food, the weight melts off, no matter how many calories of raw food I consume. I don’t understand the science of this – I will leave that to Susan – but I see that it works. I also see the health benefits every day: Joint pain, gone; heachaches, gone; skin, glowing. Seriously, blahblah, I encourage you to try it.
Sure, it is probably possible to do raw food in an unhealthy way – but why would you? Eating a well-balanced raw meal – with sprouted grains and/or sprouted beans; lots of fresh veggies; nuts and seeds – and following it up with this apple pie – that’s the way to eat raw.
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