Walnut Crust Apple Pie Vegan Recipe
Like many people, I love apple pie. It's one of my favorite desserts. It's easy enough to make it vegan using vegetable shortening. However, I don't like to use that stuff. Obviously, to keep it vegan, I couldn't use butter. I also, don't really care for the plant based butters available in the supermarkets. Not to mention that they cost a lot. I decided to use walnuts to make an apple pie crust. When you put walnuts in a coffee grinder they turn to a thick paste similar to butter. So, I thought, that could work. And work, it did! My pie crust came out pretty great. Full disclosure: this is my first time ever making an apple pie from scratch. Now, I'm a cooking show junkie though, so I had all the theoretical knowledge. I just lacked the hands on experience. Crust ingredients 2 1/2 cups AP flour Approx. 1 cup walnuts (or 3 small handfuls) 1/3 cup Splenda or other sweetener 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder Cold water Filling ingredients 2 granny smith ap...