Healthy Recipes from Peter's Principles
Low Fat Apple Pie
Ingredients: for Oatmeal Cookie Crust
2 2/3 cups white or oat flour
1 cup maple or natural cane sugar
1 cup apple juice
1 cup rolled oats
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4-to-1 cup unsweetened apple sauce
1 egg white
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
canola oil cooking spray
Ingredients for Apple Filling
6-8 large, tart apples (about 11 cups sliced)
3/4 cup maple or natural cane sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 tablespoon cornstarch
Preparation for Crust:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, oats cinnamon and baking soda.
- In another bowl, combine applesauce, egg white and vanilla. Stir to mix.
- Combine wet ingredients with dry ingredients and stir until well blended. If mixture seems too dry to roll out add up to 1/2 cup more applesauce.
- Spray a 9" pie pan with cooking spray.
- Roll out half the oat mixture on a lightly floured surface to make a 12" circle. If necessary, press the dough into the pan with your fingers to get it into position. Reserve the remaining mixture for the top of the pie.
- Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and fill.
Preparation for Apple Filling:
- Peel and core apples and cut into 1/8" slices.
- Place apples, sugar, 1/2 cup apple juice, cinnamon and vanilla in a saucepan and cook over medium heat until apples are tender, about 5-to-10 minutes.
- Dissolve cornstarch in remaining apple juice. Add to hot apple mixture, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens about 4 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Place apple mixture in baked crust
- Turn out remaining crust dough onto lightly flour surface. Roll into an 11" circle. Pierce with a fork.
- Cover filling with top crust. Fold top edge under and crimp. Set pie pan on alarger pan to catch drips.
- Bake until top crust is firm, about 15 to 20 minutes
Yield: One 9" Pie, 10 slices.
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