These Grain-Free Apple Pie Bites give you all the flavor of apple pie without the hassle and calories of a pastry crust. And it only takes six ingredients! They could also be made paleo with the right apple butter.
Taste the topping before putting it on the apple “crust” to see if you want it sweeter. It will depend on the sweetness of your apple butter and your tastes. Add a little honey or your sweetener of choice if needed.
These are great little dessert bites when you want something sweet after dinner, but they would also make a good fruit and nut snack.
Yield:
Grain-Free Apple Pie Bites
Ingredients
- 3 apples
- 2 Tablespoons coconut oil
- 1/2 cup almonds
- 1/2 cup apple butter
- 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Peel and core the apples and cut them into thin slices.
- Heat the coconut oil in a medium saucepan and add the apples. Cook until apples are tender. Lay apples flat in a serving dish.
- In the bowl of a food processor mix the almonds, apple butter, cinnamon, and salt. Pulse until thick. Add more almonds if needed.
- Transfer to a flat surface, roll out with a rolling pin, and spread on top of apple slices.
- Refrigerate for a couple of hours (this makes it easier to cut). Carefully cut into small squares and garnish each one with an almond on top.
Notes
Add some honey to increase the sweetness.
This recipe comes from Ana of Bites to Brand
Linda, have you made this recipe, yourself? I’m wondering if the nut-based crust could be wrapped around the filling, instead of just under it, to make a sort of bonbon or “energy ball” out of it.
As is, it is a finger food, but I’m a natural-born klutz. I guarantee you, if I snarfed one of these little “apple pies,” my floor would enjoy the crust, my shirt the filling…of which I’d only get a smidgeon to taste…and the garnishing nut would end up in whichever dark corner, under a cabinet, it chose to skitter to o_0
So, yeah, do you think this recipe would work “all rolled up”?
Oops, I just reread the recipe. The crust is not nut-based; the filling is. Still, I wonder if all of it could be combined, then “all rolled up” into a ball or “bite”?
Dredged in a little “nut dust” (take THAT any way you see fit:) to make ’em stick to my tongue in lieu of my fingers, shirt, etc…
I understand what you’re saying, Mae, and I’m not sure. I would start with the nut topping and then add a little apple to the food processor. I think coconut would be a good coating.
These look delicious! I love recipes that use apple butter and pumpkin butter. The flavor is so much richer. 🙂
Shirley
I just made these and can’t wait to see if the kids love them – I already do!! Thanks for recipe!