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Healthy Apple Pie (No white sugar or flour)

So, my dad loves apple pie…I think most guys do. In fact most people do. I like it, but it’s definitely not my favorite, or go to dessert. I’ve been doing a challenge called #75hard where you do 2-45 minute workouts a day, read 10 pages, take a 5 minute cold shower, drink a gallon of water, and follow some sort of diet. Well my “diet” is counting macros with a caloric deficit of 1,750. So I really gotta eat intentionally.

So the concept of counting macros is pretty simple, but actually doing it is the hard part. So I can eat whatever I want within my calorie amount, but what my macros are, are certain amounts of proteins, carbs, and fats. So I have to eat the right foods to hit those numbers just right. So making a healthier version of apple pie saves me a lot of calories.

I used spelt flour, and Pyure for sweetener. So a zero calorie sweetener, and a flour that is full of vitamins, and nutrients.

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Healthy Apple Pie (No white sugar or flour!!)

Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: dessert, Healthy, homemade
Servings: 1 Pie
Author: admin

Ingredients

2-Crust (10 inch)

  • 1 Cup Butter (Softened)
  • 2&2/3 Cup Spelt flour
  • 1 Tsp Salt
  • 1/3 Cup Water

Apple Pie Filling

  • 7-8 Medium Tart Apples (I used MacIntosh)
  • 1 Tbsp Pyure (Or preferred sweetener to taste)
  • 1/3 Cup Spelt flour
  • 1 Tsp Nutmeg
  • 1 Tsp Cinnamon
  • Dash Salt
  • 3 Tbsp Butter

Instructions

Making the Crust

  • Mix all the dry ingredients, slowly add the water, and mix with a pastry blender until a dough is formed.
  • Divide the dough into 2 equal pieces.
  • With a floured rolling pin, roll out one of the dough balls on a floured surface.
  • Place the rolled out dough into the bottom of your pie dish.
  • Roll out the 2nd piece of dough, and let sit until you finish the apple filling.

Making the Apple Pie Filling

  • Preheat the oven to 425F.
  • Peel, core, and slice the apples thinly. (This helps them get done faster)
  • Put the apples, and all the filling ingredients in a bowl, and mix well until everything is incorporated.
  • Pour filling into the first crust in the pie pan. Then put the other crust on top. Slice holes in the crust to keep it from exploding.
  • Place in the oven, and bake for 40-45 minutes. if the crust is getting done before the apples, put foil over the crust to keep it from burning.
  • Remove from the oven, and let cool...or enjoy it hot with some vanilla ice cream!!
  • Store in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks!!

 

 

 

 

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Healthy, Cream Cheese, Apple Cake

My dad recently got a lot of apples, and I was wanting to make something with them. In our house, Macs reign!! While I was typing in recipes using apples in google, one of the options below in the search was, “recipes using apples and cream cheese.” We had half a block of cream cheese that had been open for a while and needed used up. So I clicked on it, and up pops this cream cheese, apple cake that looked MaGnIfIcenT!!!!

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So, you know me…I made it healthy!! I swapped some ingredients, and BOY did it turn out Ahhhhmazing! I’m not saying that just because I made it either. If you wanted the full blown, chock full of sugar, you can find it at this link given. Just type in “Cream cheese, Apple Cake, and it should take you right to it!!

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You can probably use any apple you want. Macs tend to be a softer, more tart apple. They get done faster and have a nice tartness that adds to your dish. Around here, we have apples galore come fall with all the orchards around, and even wild apple trees. Needless to say, we find a lot of things to make with them. From apple sauce, apple butter, and apple pie, to turnovers, cakes, and just plain eating them!! (Fresh off the tree of course)

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Now I used Pecans (Pee-cons) for the topping, but you can use any nut you want. Also for the sweetener in the topping, I used Pure Maple Syrup from a local maker. If you want to purchase some, my friends at Shumake Sugar Shack have a website and make their own!

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If you have a recipe suggestion or request, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know in the comments below. You can even message me on Facebook (Amy Croasmun or Instagram (ac_unit18) I’m also on Pinterest (Amy Croasmun) I’d love to hear from you all!!

 

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Healthy, Cream Cheese, Apple Cake!!

Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Healthy, homemade
Servings: 20 servings
Author: admin

Ingredients

Cake

  • 3 Large Macintosh Apples (or preferred apples)
  • 1 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice (To toss with apples)
  • 4 tbsp Pyure (Or preferred sweetener)
  • 1/2 cup Butter (room temperature)
  • 8 oz. Cream Cheese (1 Package)
  • 2 Eggs (room temperature)
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1&1/2 cup Spelt flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Salt

Cake Topping

  • 1/3 cup Pure Maple Syrup
  • 1 tbsp Ground Cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup Chopped Pecans (Or preferred nut)

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350F. Place the baking rack in the middle of the oven. Greace a 9x13 pyrex dish with coconut oil, or olive oil.
  • Peel, core, and chop the apples. Mix them with the lemon juice in a small bowl, making sure they're well coated.
  • In your food processor or ninja, mix the cream cheese, pyure, butter, and Vanilla extract until smooth.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the Spelt flour, salt, and baking powder until fully mixed. Pour the flour mixture into your processor with the cream cheese mixture, mixing until just combined.
  • Stir in the chopped apples with a spoon.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared 9x13 and level it out.
  • In a small bowl, mix the maple syrup, pecans, and cinnamon until fully mixed. Pour this mixture over the cake a spread it out with your spatula. (It's alright if it doesn't completely cover the while cake.
  • Bake for 50 minutes exactly and take it out of the oven to cool! (This makes the perfect moistness)
  • Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.

 

 

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