Holiday Dessert or a Breakfast Meal

The Secret Apple Pie – Zina DiTonno

Shhhh- the secret is no one will know it is not even cooked.  It is a hit - I have taught variations of this to other and at my dinners.  Your secret weapon, a big ziplock bag.  This modified from another great recipe.  Gotten good reviews on this combination.

-- Pie Crust --

·        1 cup walnuts   *

·        1 cups hazelnuts  * 

·        2 cups dates (soak for 10 minutes, save water)

·        Date soak water, start with a teaspoon at a time

Add nuts to food processor, grind up first.  Then add dates and process until it is like a dough consistency, if it does not make a ball, add teaspoons of the date water until it make a ball. Then press into the pie pan.

* if you only have walnut or hazelnuts it will taste great with either.

-- Filling --

·        5 gala apples (or jonagold, or honeycrisp) sliced as thin as possible (I use the food processor with the Julian blade, so much faster.)

·        1/2 c raisins

·        2 tablespoons raw honey

·        1 tablespoon cinnamon

·        1 teaspoon ginger

·        1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or all spice

Now, add all to a zip lock bag, seal it, and massage (to break down the apples and infused the spices) for a few minutes until all mixed up and softened. Pour into pie crust.  Serve and watch it disappear.

If you have left overs- you can have it for breakfast the next day, and not feel guilty.