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Hawaiian Apple Pie (no-bake)

So delicious, plus simple to make, you may never want to turn on the oven to bake another apple pie again. Make sure to wait the 24 hours after preparing the pie and before serving so that the cinnamon spice has time to mellow. Since it’s basically all fruit and nuts, a slice of this pie can even make a healthy addition to your breakfast lineup.

INGREDIENTS:
for the crust:

raw apple pie slice — A Slice of No Bake Apple Pie = A Piece of Heaven!

3/4 cup Almonds
1/4 cup Macadamia nuts
1 tablespoon Coconut, dried + shredded
6 medium Dates, Medjool, pitted
1/16 teaspoon Sea salt

for the filling:
1/3 cup Orange juice, fresh squeezed
1/8 cup Pineapple juice
4 medium Dates, Medjool, pitted
1/3 cup Raisins
5 medium Apples, Granny Smith
1 tablespoon Cinnamon, ground

PREPARATION:
Soak all 10 dates in 1/4 cup water for 30 minutes. Soak raisins in 1/4 cup water for 15 minutes. Reserve both waters.

Chop almonds in food processor until smaller bits. Remove a tablespoon of the almond “flour” for later use. Add macadamia nuts to processor and chop until macadamia is coarse bits. Add 6 dates, 1 tablespoon of coconut and salt and process until crust is formed. If too dry and crumbly, add up to 1 tsp of date soak water to slightly moisten.

In an 8″ pie plate sprinkle the tablespoon of reserved almond powder to “flour” plate bottom. Put nut/date mixture on top of “flour” and push into bottom and sides of plate to form pie crust. Refrigerate.

In a blender put in orange and pineapple juices, reserved date and raisin soak waters and remaining 4 dates and blend until smooth. Pour syrup into a large mixing bowl.

Peel, core, and thinly slice apples. Place apple slices in mixing bowl with fruit syrup. Continually toss to make sure slices are covered in fruit syrup so that they won’t brown. Add raisins and cinnamon to bowl and toss everything to mix evenly.

Fill pie crust with apple filling. Cover and refrigerate for at least 10 hours before serving.

Optional garnish: top each slice with a small dollop of whipped cream and a wedge of pineapple

Serves 8

INGREDIENTS:

4 cups     Buckwheat groats
8 cups      Water
1 cup        Orange juice
1/2 cup Almonds, raw, unsalted
2 tb    Olive Oil
1/3 cup   Honey
1 tb            Cinnamon
1tsp           Nutmeg
1 tsp          Vanilla
1 tb            Orange zest
¼ tsp        Salt

PREPARATION:

Place buckwheat groats in a large container with the water and let soak overnight (groats will double in size), or for at least 12 hours.

Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Pour orange juice into a small saucepan, simmer, and reduce to about a ¼ cup. Let cool.

Put almonds into food processor and slowly add olive oil to nuts while chopping. Process until almonds become a nut butter consistency.

Pour soaking buckwheat in a colander to strain. Rinse under running water until water coming from out of the strainer runs clear. Let groats sit a couple of minutes to fully drain water.

In a large bowl, combine orange juice reduction, almond butter, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, orange zest, and salt; stir to fully combine. Add in buckwheat groats and stir to completely coat buckwheat groats.

Lightly coat sheet pan with cooking spray. Thinly spread out cereal mixture with a rubber spatula. Bake cereal in oven for about 20 minutes, gently flip cereal with spatula then bake another 20-35 minutes, or until cereal is completely dry.

Allow cereal to cool; place into an airtight container. Can keep one week room temperature when well-sealed; keep in the refrigerator or freezer for longer storage.

Variation: substitute the orange juice and zest with blood orange instead- even better color and flavor!

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