Easy Mini Apple Pie Bites (makes about 32 bites)
These bites are easy to make using a food processor and make the perfect sweet treat to bring along to a holiday party. They taste like fresh apple pie without the fuss and crust!
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted raw pecans walnuts, almonds or any nut or seed
- 4 medium sweet apples (like Fuji or your favorite), cored and cut into large slices or chunks.
- ¼ cup pitted dates
- 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- Pinch salt
- 2 tablespoons ground flax
- 2 tablespoons oat flour
- ½ cup raisins optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 and line mini muffin tins with mini muffin liners.
- In a food processor, chop the nuts of choice (or a mixture) into medium chunks. Put them into a large bowl.
- Place ½ of the apples into the food processor and pulse to chop them into small ½ inch pieces then add them to the nuts in the large bowl.
- Add the dates to the food processor and chop them into chunks.
- Add the remaining large apples chunks, along with the salt, cinnamon and flax to the food processor and process until just blended and the apples & dates are processed, like a chunky apple sauce.
- Add these ingredients to the other apples with the nuts in the large bowl along with the raisins and stir well.
- Mound the mixture by heaping tablespoon (using a melon-baller is great) into the mini muffin liners, mounding over the top.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until browned and allow them to cool in the tins, to retain shape.
- Store cooled Mini Apple Bites in a closed container.
- You can make a lovely vegan cream topping to enjoy with your Apple Pie Bites. Here is an example of one recipe. https://jessicainthekitchen.com/cashew-whipped-cream-vegan/