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Holiday Vegan Cherry Pies

Holiday Vegan Cherry Pies

These vegan cherry pies are ideal for a holiday season, for Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner as a dessert. They are delicious and easy to make, No gelatine needed! Impress your friends and family with these mini cherry pies.
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Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American, European
Keyword: cherries, cherry, mini pies, pies
Prep Time: 35 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 8 mini pies
Cost: 20 AUD

Equipment

  • Pie dish (for 8 pies)

Ingredients

For crust:

  • 2 cups corn flour or gluten-free plain flour mix
  • 1/2 cup vegan butter soft or melted
  • 1/4 cup applesauce
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar raw

For filling:

  • 4 cups fresh cherries pitted
  • 1/4 cup cornstarch
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 200 Celsius degrees (390 Fahrenheit) and prepare your pie dish.
  • Start making the crust: mix all dry ingredients in one bowl and all the wet ingredients in another bowl.
  • Carefully add mix wet ingredients to the bowl with mix dry ingredients. You may want to use your hands to make a dough that is fairly firm and doesn't crumble easily. Create a ball and wrap it in a cling foil. Let it chill in a fridge for at least 30 minutes.
  • Now start making the filling: mix cornstarch in water until it dissolves.
  • In a pot, add pitted cherries, maple syrup, and vanilla extract, if using. Bring to boil and let it boil for 5 minutes.
  • Reduce the heat and now add dissolved cornstarch. Carefully mix it and bring it to boil once again. Boil it for approximately 2 minutes and then take the pot off the heat. Set it aside to cool.
  • Prepare the crust. Roll the dough with a rolling pin (you may use two sheets of parchment paper as it's easier to roll the dough in between them). Don't make it too thin. You should use about 2/3 of dough for the bottom crust.
  • Transfer the dough to the pie dish and create little pies. Fill them with your prepared filling.
  • Now roll the remaining 1/3 of the dough and make your desired shapes and top with them the pies.
  • Bake your mini cherry pies for about 15 minutes, then reduce the heat a little bit and finish up the baking in about the next 10 minutes.