| How to Make Vegan Apple Pie Sep 24th 2012, 03:00 If you are vegan, or if you are entertaining vegan guests, the apple pie is an excellent and easy dessert to prepare. This recipe uses vegan butter, vegan shortening, and unbleached vegan sugar to substitute for the non-vegan ingredients in the traditional recipe. Edit Ingredients Servings: 8 Pie crust - 2 sticks of vegan butter, cubed and chilled
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 1/4 cups pastry flour
- 1/2 cup water, chilled
- 1 tbsp white sugar
- Flour for the rolling surface
Apple filling - 3 large tart apples, sliced, cubed and cored
- 1 tsp cinnamon power
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp ginger powder
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 to 3 tbsp maple syrup
Caramel sauce - 1/2 cup apple cider
- 1/2 cup vegan shortening
- 1 cup vegan dry sugar
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- Dash of ginger powder
- Dash of cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Make the pie crust - Preheat the oven to 425ºF / 220ºC and grease the pie tin.
- Pulse the flour and salt in a food processor.
- Add the vegan butter and pulse the mixture together into beads of dry clumps. Alternatively, if you do not have a food processor, you can use a large fork to mix the ingredients together.
- Pour the pre-chilled water into the food processor a little at a time while pulsing the mixture.
- When about half the water has been transferred, also add a pinch of white sugar.
- Transfer the dough onto a well-floured cutting surface.
- Cut the dough in half and roll each half into a ball.
- Wrap the balls in plastic wrap and freeze for at least an hour. The dough can be frozen for up to 12 hours before continuing making the pie.
- Remove the dough from the freezer and roll out each half with a rolling pin on a floured surface to 1/4" (6.35mm) thick.
- Transfer one half of the dough to a pie tin and mash the dough into the pie tin, filling the bottom and sides of the pie tin.
- Pierce the base of the pie crust with a fork multiple times.
- Cover the pie crust with wax paper and fill it with baking beans. This process is called blind baking.
- Bake the crust in an oven for 5 to 7 minutes, until golden brown.
- Remove the pie crust from the oven. Remove the wax paper and baking beans. Return to the oven for another 3 to 5 minutes.
- Roll out the other half of the dough into a circle the depth of a thick pancake.
- Cut this dough into 6 to 8 lattice strips, each about 1 1/2" (3.8cm) long. Set aside the lattice strips. They'll be used to cover the pie at the end.
Make the apple filling - Place the apples in the bowl with the remaining apple filling ingredients as specified in the apple filling ingredients list. Mix well.
Make the caramel sauce - Stir the cornstarch and cider together in medium sized pot until dissolved.
- Add the vegan shortening, sugar, ginger powder, cinnamon, salt and vanilla into the mixture.
- Boil the ingredients together, stirring frequently. As the mixture comes to a strong boil, quickly lower heat and stir until the mixture begins to thicken.
- Fold 2 tablespoons caramel sauce into the apples. Mix well.
- Put the remaining amount of sauce into the refrigerator and chill for 1 hour.
Make the pie - Add the apples to the preheated pie crust.
- Cover the apple pie filling with the remaining strips of dough in a criss-cross pattern.
- Sprinkle a dusting of sugar onto the crust bits.
- Bake the pie for 15 minutes at 425ºF/220ºC. Lower the temperature to 350ºF/180ºC and bake for an additional 20 minutes. Remove the pie from the oven when it shows a golden brown color.
- Cool for 1 hour.
- Heat the caramel sauce for about 5 minutes under low heat, until warm. Drizzle the caramel sauce onto the pie and serve.
- If the dough is too hard when you first take it out of the freezer, wait a few minutes for the dough to continue softening.
- It's important to pierce the base of the pie crust before you put it in the oven for the first time so that the steam can evaporate through the holes instead of making the pie crust base bubble.
- When the caramel sauce begins to boil, it's important to watch it carefully so that it doesn't overflow.
EditThings You'll Need - 9 inch (23cm) pie dish (deep dish)
- Rolling pin
- Apple corer (optional)
- Plastic wrap
- 1 bowl
- 1 pot
- Food processor (or large fork)
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