Ingredients

  • 1 date nut pie crust (Date Nut Balls or Pie Crust!)
  • 6 golden delicious apples, peeled and cored (or use Fuji or your favorite apples)
  • 4 -6 medjool dates, soaked 1 hour and drained
  • 14-12 teaspoon sea salt (original recipe called for 1 tsp)
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla powder (if you can't find use 1/2 tsp.vanilla extract)
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 2 teaspoons flax seeds, ground fine

Method

  • Prepare pie crust according to recipe and press into a pie plate.
  • Place 1/3 of the apples, plus salt, cinnamon, dates and vanilla powder in a food processor.
  • Process until mix is almost the consistency of applesauce.
  • Continue adding apples, processing only until apples are chopped into small-medium sized pieces.
  • Add raisins.
  • Stir in ground flax seeds and mix well.
  • Let sit aobut 15 minutes(raisins and flax seed will soak up the juice from the apples).
  • Place the apple mixture in the pie crust.
  • You may top with chopped walnuts if you wish(or other nuts).
  • Enjoy!