The other day, this douche on instagram said that he likes my food (along with other blogger’s food) but he doesn’t like how we toot our own horn about how good the food tastes. So I’m going to try the opposite. Here goes nothing: ‘Hey guys! This recipe isn’t really that good. It just tastes like pretty good apple pie. Wait, I’m going a little too crazy here. It’s just ok. That’s why I’m sharing these recipes on my blog. Because they aren’t that good. Just ok.’ Did that make you excited about the recipe? Did that make your mouth water and make you super pumped about trying the recipe? Eff no it didn’t. What an idiot. This recipe was awesome. Tooting my own horn or not, it’s a delicious recipe that makes you feel like you’re eating a mini apple pie.
Toot toot.
It hasn’t even hit Thanksgiving and I’m already freaking out about Christmas. I am the worst, THE WORST Christmas shopper. I don’t know if I’m just not thoughtful, but I truly never know what to get my friends and family. I feel like when you’re an adult who works hard to earn your own money, you don’t really need many things. If you want something, you buy it. Which makes things much tougher for purchasing gifts. What makes things worse is that I have incredibly thoughtful friends. Who remember little things I say. I think I’m just a bad listener.
Speaking of my thoughtful friends: #137 why I love being home – Girls night. When I’m home, I get to have Monday watchingthevoiceandjudgingchristinasoutfits night. It’s just wonderful. When women say they aren’t really friends with girls, it means girls don’t really like them. Because all girls need girlfriends. I’m a much happier and way more sane human being when I have my girlfriends to hang out with. If you only hang out with dudes, then you probably need to pay for a shrink because girls listen to all your annoying issues that guys won’t even tough. Girls night is therapy night. Just facts of life. Oh, and chocolate night. Obviously.
Apple Pie Tartlets
- Yield: 7-14* 1x
Ingredients
For the crust
- 1 cup pecans
- 1 1/2 cups almond flour/meal (150 grams)
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
For the toppings
- 2 tablespoons butter (or coconut oil, if you prefer)
- 3 cups apples, cored and cubed (330 grams)
- 1 tablespoon apple cider (no sugar added)
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
For the whipped cream
- 1 (14 ounce) can full fat coconut milk, refrigerated overnight (if you can find canned Coconut Cream at the store – get that)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place pecans in a food processor and pulse until they have broken down into a flour consistency.
- Add almond flour, coconut oil, egg, honey, vanilla extract, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and puree until is combines completely together (it will form a ball in the food processor).
- Using a mini muffin tin, use a cookie scoop to scoop out a ball of the crust mixture and place into 14 muffin tin holes.
- Using your thumbs and fingers, press the crust mixture down in the tin and up around the edges, creating a crevice for the apples to go in. Be sure not to break through the crust on the bottom. Repeat with all 14 muffins.
- Place a large pan over medium heat. Add butter (or coconut oil). Once butter has melted, add cubed apples and 1 tablespoon of apple cider. Let apples cook down for 8-10 minutes, until soft.
- Then add honey, lemon juice, vanilla extract and cinnamon. Mix to combine then remove from heat.
- Place a tablespoons or so of the apple mixture into each cup. Repeat with all 14 mini muffins.
- Place in oven and bake for 25 minutes.
- Let cool before removing from tin.
- In a bowl, add the coconut cream that sits on top of the coconut water and whip together vanilla extract and honey, using a fork until well combined. (leave behind the coconut water for shakes or whatever else)
- Place a tablespoon of coconut whipped cream on top. Serve immediately.
Notes
*Yields 14 tartlets
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Hey, any thoughts for subbing out those Pecans for those of us who are allergic?
A different nut
Do you think I can substitute the almond flour for coconut flour? xx
not sure how they would cook up
I’m excited to make these! My favorite pie was always raspberry. Any ideas what to use instead of the apple cider for a raspberry filling? Or it could be apple raspberry with it! Didn’t know if anyone had any ideas!
apple raspberry would be awesome but since raspberry render a bunch of liquid when they heat up, you wouldn’t need much liquid so it would be fine removing it
Hi Juli!
Just want to say that I’m a supermega fan of your recipes. I’m going to make these tomorrow!
xx from a Swedish reader
I’m drooling just looking at the picture 🙂 Can’t wait to try these!
Oh yeah, that description of how these are just ok totally makes me want to spend my time making them….like I can’t even wait another minute to make food that is not really that good. What a tool. You made him look like a jackass and made me lol….and made me wanna make these quick fast and in a hurry. Nice job Juli.
Ha……man….love your blog and all, but I’d almost not blog as the retarded comments from people would send me over the Effin edge. good Lord people. Get a frackn grip.
Hello there. I tried this recipe out this afternoon and had a problem with the crust. It didn’t mix at all. It did not turn into a ball. I added some water It worked okay but when I baked it it came out looking just like it did when it went in. What did I do wrong?
i wouldn’t add water. if anything, i would add a bit more coconut oil to bring the batter together. not sure why it didn’t bind together though
I had the same problem with the crust and added more coconut oil to try to fix it. It got better, but still never became crust like. I baked them up anyway and it worked out OK, but not great. The crust is very crumbly and grainy. I feel like the proportion of nuts/flour to coconut oil was off somehow, but I’m not sure where I went wrong.
Regarding the coconut oil for the crust-do you added in it’s solid form or liquid form?
liquid. sorry changed that on the recipe!
I check this site everyday in my college dorm room and keep adding recipes to my “What to make when home” list. Aaaaand I’m pretty sure this one just took first place.Might even try them with peaches 🙂
The food you make looks doable as well as beautiful.. Why don’t you give your gorgeous food as presents? I decided about 15 years ago to do that, after going through the same mental process you explained. All my friends and family, even my adult children, have everything they need and can get whatever they want. I give my grandchildren money, even the little ones, and they think I am the bomb. Somebody in every family has to come to a decision not to buy into the buying, and in mine it was me.