Pecan pie is oh so delicious, but oh not good for you at all: flour, butter, brown sugar, corn syrup….these are the typical ingredients that, along with pecans, comprise this gooey, crunchy treat. So, can you make this sugary, rich, calorically dense pie paleo? I sure can! Now so can you…
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- Delicious, rich, gooey, crunchy.
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- Paleo pecan pie
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- Pour the pie filling over the pecans
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- Toss your toasted pecans into your pie crust
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- Coconut crystals
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- Toasted pecans
Ingredients
Crust
Coconut oil spray (for greasing pie dish)
3/4 cup coconut flour
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
2 tbl. agave
2 eggs
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup Earth Balance soy free buttery spread
2 tsp. vanilla
Filling
1 egg
1 egg white
1/2 tbl. vanilla
3/4 cup agave
4 oz. unsweetened applesauce
1/4 cup coconut crystals
2 tbl. tapioca flour (*Robb Wolf permits cassava root in paleo, and tapioca is dried cassava, therefore a bit of tapioca flour/starch is permitted in paleo cooking*)
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
1 cup pecans, toasted
Method
Spread pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes. Cool nuts. Combine all of the crust ingredients in a food processor (I use the plastic “blade”). Once combined press crust into the bottom and up the sides of a pie dish greased with coconut oil spray. Dock the crust with a fork and bake for 8-10 minutes at 400°F. Whisk together the pie filling ingredients, except for the pecans. Add cooled, toasted pecans to pie crust. Pour wet filling over pecans in crust and bake at 350°F for 35-40 minutes.
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CAN’T WAIT to try your recipe!!! Am planning to sub out the agave (not a fan) with honey in the crust and perhaps pure maple syrup/coconut syrup mix in the filling… . But Pecan Pie has “come up” 3 times: in a conversation, on a dessert tray, and as a centerpiece of an old magazine at the doctor’s office. Craving? Crazing? Words can’t describe my longing for favorite pre-paleo dessert – Thank You for posting your experiment!!!
To replace the agave, use coconut nectar. It will keep the glycemic index low and still give you the right flavor.