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Homemade Healthy Vegan Cherry Pie with Whole Grains

Vegan cherry pie, a sweet recipe from scratch with the best filling from fresh or frozen cherries. A healthy pie that doesn't just taste great on Thanksgiving. Make this simple and quick vegan cherry pie during the cherry season with fresh cherries and a whole grain crust and served with coconut cream or vanilla ice cream. Dairy-free | whole foods | whole some | egg-free | lactose-free
Course Cake and Pastry
Cuisine American
Keyword baking, cake, cherries, cherry, dairy-free, nuts, oilfree, pie, vegan, wfpb, whole foods plant-based, whole grain
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Author Jasmin

Ingredients

CRUST

  • ½ cup 50 g hazelnut flour
  • ½ cup 50 g macadamia flour
  • 1 cup 225 g spelt flour or glutenfree flour mixture
  • ¼ cup 25g oat flour
  • 3 tablespoon potato starch
  • 1-2 tablespoon maple syrup
  • ½ cup 100 g tahini or nut butter of your choice

FILLING

  • 2 lbs or 5 cups* 1kg pitted fresh cherries
  • ¼ cup 50g- ½ cup* (100g) raw cane sugar or coconut sugar
  • 3.5 tablespoon cornstarch
  • A half lemon juiced and zested
  • 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon almond butter
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • Some almond milk for brushing the top
  • Almond slices for sprinkling and garnishing

Instructions

DOUGH

  • In a food processor, first mix all the dry ingredients. Then add the maple syrup, the Tahini, and process the mass until it becomes crumbly. Add 5 tablespoons of water first and continue with this a spoonful at a time until you get a firmer lumpy dough without it feeling dry.
  • Form the dough into a ball that should hold together easily and divide it into two parts, one part of which is slightly larger than the other. Now put the dough in a bowl and cover it off and put the dough in the fridge for about 1 hour.
  • You can also freeze the dough by simply putting the dough in the freezer the night before you need it.
  • Take the larger ball out of the fridge and leave it on the counter top for a few minutes.
  • Then roll it into a circle about 30 cm in diameter. And put it in a 20-22 cm Springform or pie pan. Cover it and put it in the fridge again. Do the same with the other ball. Put this on baking paper and put them in the fridge.

FILLING

  • Mix raw cane sugar or coconut sugar, cornstarch and stir in the cherries. Add the vanilla extract, lemon juice and zest. Set it aside for about 10 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 200C.
  • Distribute the cherry filling evenly in the pie pan.
  • Cut out some cookies from the second dough and put them over the cherry filling like in the video. Brush with almond milk and sprinkle with a few almonds.
  • Bake for 15 min and put the heat down to 180C and bake for about 40 min until the crust is golden brown. Allow the cake to cool for at least 4 hours before cutting so the filling is firm.

Video

Notes

* Here I take the typical American measuring cups as seen below. Volume of the full cup approx. 250 ml.