Low Carb Apple Pie
Yields: 2-3
Crust
Ingredients:
2 cups blanched almond flour
¼ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted (ghee or butter would be 1:1 substitute)
3 tablespoon sweetener
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
Double recipe for topping
Filling
Ingredients:
2 large chayotes peeled, sliced
Water for boiling
2 Apple tea bags
3 tablespoon sweetener for boiling
¾ cup sweetener
½ teaspoon molasses
1/4 cup Choczero sugar free maple syrup
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 zest from 1 lemon
2 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoon arrowroot powder or 1 tablespoon gelatin
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350
Prepare pie dish and set aside, optional spray with avocado oil
Place all ingredients for the crust into a bowl and mix until dough forms a ball can do this in a food processor
Press dough into pie dish
Bake for 8-12 minutes
Set aside and allow it to cool
In a large pan add and all the remaining ingredients except the chayote and arrowroot powder. Stir all the ingredients around very well. For 10 minutes over medium heat. Add chayote and then arrow root and make sure to combine it well. Allow filling to cool
Make crumb topping, add ingredients into a bowl
And mix well.
Pour filling into baked pie.
Add crumb topping
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes uncovered until
Topping golden brown
Additional 5 to 10 minutes covered
Nutrition:
Nutrition for:
Calories 122
Total Fat 10.8g
Total Carbohydrate 4g
Dietary Fiber 1.7g
Net Carbs: 2.3g
Protein 2.3g