🍏Apple pie _ in an Apple🍏🍴😋

Ingredients Pie Crust: 55g (7 tbs) Oat Flour 30g (3 tbs) Brown Rice Flour 7g (1 tbs) Ground Flaxseed 1/4 tsp Salt 24g (2 tbs) Butter Flavor Spectrum Organics Shortening 23g (1.5 tbs) Unsweetened Applesauce 4 tsp Unsweetened Almond Milk* 16 drops Stevia Extract* Filling: 4 Granny Smith Apples (slightly larger than what your muffin tin will yield) 4 tbs Lemon Juice 36 drops Stevia Extract 1/2 tsp Apple Pie Spice 1/2 tsp Cinnamon

In a small bowl, whisk together the oat flour, brown rice flour, flax and salt. In a large microwave-safe bowl, add the shortening, applesauce, almond milk and stevia. Microwave at 20-second intervals, stirring between each one, until melted. Dump the dry ingredients over the wet and fold together. Form into a ball:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and spray 4 mini cups with cooking spray. Divide the dough into 4 and press into the muffin cups:

Bake for 5-7 minutes, or until the bottoms of the crust look dry. For the Apples: Slice the tops off the apples, just enough to get any remnants of the stem gone. Core the apples, then use a sharp spoon/grapefruit spoon to scoop out the apple flesh, adding the flesh to a bowl (leaving 1/4″ of the flesh around the skin). After each apple is scooped out, brush the inside/top with 2 tbs lemon juice.

Add 2 tbs lemon juice to the apple mixture, along with the stevia, cinnamon and apple pie spice. Toss together:

Fill the pie crusts with the apple filling and bake for ~13 minutes, or until the crust appears dry and doesn’t stick to the muffin tin.

Loosen the edges of the crust from the muffin tin with a knife. Slide two knives between the crust and tin on either side of the crust and pull the crust out.

Carefully press the crust into the apple. If you like warm apple pies, put the apples on a plate and microwave for 20-30 seconds, or until the apple is slightly warm. Serve immediately with desired toppings! Notes *The first time I made this I used 4 tsp pure maple syrup instead of the almond milk and stevia, both are delicious! My parents topped their apple pies with Vanilla Maple Arctic Zero, my sister used Soyatoo rice whip and I used So Delicious Sugar Free Vanilla Bean Coconut Ice Cream. Amazing! This recipe is: sugar free/low sugar options, low fat, gluten free