How to Make Apple Pie Without Refined Sugar

Bake delicious cookies, pies and cakes without refined sugar. To sweeten, choose maple syrup, rice syrup, molasses, fruit juices (apple, pear, pineapple), or honey, if not baked.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Ingredients below and a pie pan.
• Crust:
• 1 1/2 cup whole wheat bread crumbs, or crackermeal, or other whole-grain cookie crumbs
• 1/4 cup light olive oil or canola oil
• 2 tbsp. molasses or maple syrup
• Filling:
• 4 to 6 cups unpeeled, sliced applies
• lemon juice
• 1 tsp. allspice
• 1 tbsp. arrowroot
• 1/2 cup maple syrup or molasses, or fruit juices (apple, pear, pineapple)
• Topping:
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 2 tbsp. light olive or canola oil
• 2 tbsp. molasses or maple syrup
• Garnish:
• 1 cup plain yogurt or 1 cup vanilla ice cream

How To Make Apple Pie Without Refined Sugar

1. Combine bread, cracker, or cookie crumbs with oil and sweetener in a bowl. Fill a nine-inch pie pan with mixture and bake in a 350 degreeF oven for no more than 10 minutes.

2. Mix the apple slices with other ingredients for the filling and place into pie pan (with crumb crust).

3. Sift ingredients for the topping and sprinkle over the filling.

4. Bake the pie in a 350 degree F oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until the apples are translucent and the topping is browned evenly. Do not overbake.

5. Allow to cool completely. To serve, slice and garnish with yogurt or ice cream.

Tips & Warnings

• Experiment with the desired sweetness of this pie:
• using maple syrup or fruit juices will give the pie the sweetest flavor.

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