Mini Paleo Apple Pies

I made this recipe by Knit and Bake on Sunday night for Kyle's birthday because apple pie is his favorite. They were so good I decided to try my own paleo version. It didn't work out quite how I wanted, but it still tasted good.

Ingredients for dough:

1 cup almond meal (homemade recipe here)

6 tablespoons of coconut oil

2 tablespoons of ice water

1 tsp salt

1 tsp honey

Ingredients for filling:

2 to 3 apples

1/2 cup honey

1 tsp cinnamon

pinch of salt

1 tbsp almond meal

1 tsp vanilla

Instructions:

To make the dough mix the almond meal with the coconut oil using a fork or food processor, I used a food processor. Next add the salt and honey, then the ice water until it forms a dough. Wrap in saran wrap and leave in fridge for 30 mins.

Peel and chop apples, then add the honey, cinnamon, salt, almond meal, & vanilla and mix.

Ready to go in the oven

I attempted to use a cup to cut circles out of the dough for the base of the pies, but my almond meal dough wouldn't stick together so I just pressed it into a cupcake pan. I halved the recipe so it only made 6 pies. Next fill them with the apple mixture and try to "crumble" the rest of the almond meal dough over the top of the apples.

Don't look so pretty, but taste good.

Bake for 35 mins at 375 degrees F or about 190 C. When I attempted to take my pies out of the cupcake pan they crumbled everywhere, so maybe try using a cupcake liner. They did taste delicious even though they didn't look like the original picture. 

My version on left and Knit and Bake's original on right.