Individual Apple Pies

Adapted from Chocolate Covered Katie

Makes 7 personal mini pies

---

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup gf all purpose baking flour

• 1/4 tsp baking powder

• 1/8 tsp salt

• 1/4 tsp cinnamon

• 2 tbsp coconut sugar

• 3 1/2 - 4 tbsp cold buttery spread - Earth Balance works well.

• 1 1/2 cup peeled, finely-diced apple

• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts - divided

• 2 tsp arrowroot or non-gmo cornstarch

• 1 1/2 tbsp pure maple syrup, agave, or honey

• 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

---

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a mini muffin tin or individual silicon muffing molds. Set aside.

2. Combine the first 6 ingredients, completely breaking up the butter until fine crumbles form. The mix needs to be humid. Press around 2 tsp dough firmly into the bottom of each mold. Use half the mix. Set the other half aside.

3. Stir together remaining ingredients in a bowl leaving 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts a side. Divide the apple filling on top of each crust. Divide remaining crumbles—around 2 additional tsp per muffin tin—over the apples, pressing firmly down. Top with remaining walnuts.

4. Bake on the center rack, 25 minutes or until crust is golden and mostly set. Let cool at least 5 minutes before either pulling up the parchment strip or simply going around the sides of the pies with a knife.

---