Healthy Pie Crusts

RAW PIE CRUST  -if you've been cleared to eat dates: 
   2 cups raw nuts (100% pecan or 1/2 pecan & 1/2 walnut is YUM!)
   2 cups dates (pitted)
   1 pinch sea salt (pink)

Grease your pie pan with coconut oil. This prevents the crust from sticking. 

Add the nuts, dates & salt into a food processor and blend until well processed "dough". Roll your ball of dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper with a rolling pin until your crust is flattened to the size of your pie pan. Place your pie pan upside down on your crust (top parchment paper removed) and then quickly flip your pie pan over, holding the crust into the pan. Press & form the dough into your pie pan. Don't bake it (it's RAW crust). You're ready to add your filling! 
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COOKED PIE CRUST - safe for Candida Detox:
​1¼ cup almond flour (use 1 3/4 cup almond flour if no buckwheat/cassava/tigernut flour)
½ cup buckwheat, cassava or tigernut flour 
¼ cup coconut flour
¼ tsp sea salt (pink)
1 Tbsp ground flaxseed
1 Tbsp raw coconut oil
1 egg (large)
3 Tbsp  cold cubed butter
Hot water (if needed)

Preheat Oven to 350F. Grease a pie pan with coconut oil and set aside. 

Start your teapot in case you need warm water. Mix together the almond flour, buckwheat flour, coconut flour, ground flax seeds and salt in a large mixing bowl. Next, add your Tablespoon of coconut oil and mix. Beat the egg and cube your cold butter and add them to the dough one at a time. Knead your dough. If the dough is too crumbly, add 1 Tablespoon at a time of warm water until you get the proper consistency to start rolling your dough. I used 3 Tablespoons of warm water.

Form your dough into a ball, sprinkle some (almond or buckwheat) flour on a large piece of parchment paper and roll the dough out. You can also just knead the dough and press it directly into your pie pan.  Bake crust at 350 until golden brown. Remove from oven, let cool, then add your (RAW) filling (if you're using a RAW filling like my RAW cheesecake). Bake the entire crust/pie at 350 if it is pumpkin or other cooked pie. Be sure to cover the edges with foil halfway through so your crust doesn't burn :)