Vegan Cherry Pie Recipe{made from all healthy ingredients!} - There's no butter or refined sugar in this recipe - so you can have your pie and eat it too!
½cupoat flour(or ⅔ cup rolled oatsground in food processor)
¼cupcorn flour
1teaspoonbaking powder
½teaspoonsalt
½teaspooncinnamon
½teaspoonallspice
Crust - Wet Ingredients
1medium sized bananamashed
4tablespoonsground flaxseed
2tablespoonsagave nectar or maple syrup
2tablespoonscanola oil
Filling
4cupscherriesfresh or frozen
¼ - ½cupagave nectardepending on the sweetness of the cherries
Pinch of ground vanilla (or seeds from ½ podor a few drops vanilla extract)
¼cupcornstarchdissolved in a bit of water to make a slurry
Instructions
Crust
To make the crust, combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
In a smaller bowl, mix the wet ingredients together very well. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and using your hands, mix until a firm dough forms. Wrap in cling foil and chill for 30-60 minutes.
Filling
To prepare the filling add the cherries to a large pot together with the agave nectar and vanilla.
Bring to a boil and cook on a low heat for 5 minutes.
Add the cornstarch slurry and mix in very well. Bring to a boil once more and take off the heat.
To Assemble
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Grease a 9-inch pie dish.
Between two sheets of parchment paper roll out ⅔ of the dough to fit the pie dish, about ⅛ inch thick. Stab several times with a fork and pre-bake for 10 minutes.
While the bottom crust is pre-baking, roll out the remaining dough and cut into your desired shapes to make the top crust.
Remove the pie dish from the oven, spread the bottom crust with the cherry filling and create your top crust.
Bake for 15 minutes. Then turn down the heat to 350°F and cover the pie with aluminum foil. Continue baking for 30 minutes. Remove the aluminum foil and finish baking the pie for 5 more minutes.
Notes
Add a few tablespoons of Amaretto liquor to the cherry pie filling for some extra flavor! Nutrition is for 10 servings using ¼ cup of agave nectar in the filling.