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Grain-free Pie Crust

Recipe by The Pioneer Chicks
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 1 9" pie crust
Author Alexa Lehr

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup Bob's Red Mill tapioca flour
  • 1/3 cup cassava flour
  • 1/3 cup Nutiva coconut flour
  • 1/3 cup ground flaxseed meal
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 1/2 cup organic, grassfed butter keep in the fridge
  • 1 large free-range, organic egg

Instructions

  • For a pre-baked pie crust, preheat your oven to 375° F. Place the flours, flaxseed meal, and salt in a food processor and pulse to combine.
  • Add the butter in tablespoon size chunks, and pulse until the flour mixture looks crumbly. This will take a few repetitions of pulsing.
  • Add the egg and pulse until the dough forms a ball, it may take quite a few pulses but evntually the dough will form a ball. Cut two pieces of wax paper and lightly dust one piece with tapioca flour.
  • Place the dough ball on the dusted wax paper and place the other piece of wax paper on top of the ball. Use a rolling pin and roll the dough out into a circle that is about 1/8 of an inch thick.
  • Peel the top layer of wax paper off the dough and flip the dough into a lightly buttered 9" pie plate. Peel off the other piece of wax paper and press the dough into the shape of the pie plate.
  • Trim away extra dough from the edges, then crimp the edges with your fingers. Prick the bottom of the crust thoroughly with a fork. For a pre-baked crust, bake for 18-20 minutes.
  • Note: I have skipped rolling out the dough and have simply patted the dough into the pie plate. Both versions turn out fine!