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Sweet Potato Apple Pie with Spelt Crust, Diabetic Friendly Dessert Recipe

A great Autumn pie of apples, sweet potatoes with whole grain spelt crust, a nuttier pastry.
Prep Time2 hours
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time2 hours 45 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8
Author: Angela Roberts

Ingredients

Spelt Pie Crust Ingredients

  • 2 cups organic spelt flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon coconut sugar see notes for options
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into cubes
  • 4 tablespoons cream cheese
  • 6-8 tablespoons cold water

Apple Sweet Potato Pie

  • 1 pie crust you can use the spelt pie crust or regular pie crust
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 apples peeled, sliced
  • 2 large sweet potatoes
  • 3/4 cups half & half see note on options
  • 4 tablespoons coconut sugar divided (see note on options)
  • 2 tablespoons cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground fresh nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

Spelt Pie Crust Instructions

  • Put cut up butter and cream cheese in freezer.
  • Combine flour, sugar, salt in food processor.
  • Add butter and mix for ten seconds.
  • Add water until dough comes together.
  • Put in plastic bag and refrigerate for a minimum of 30 minutes.

Apple Sweet Potato Pie Instructions

  • Roast sweet potatoes at 400 for 30-40 minutes or until soft. Skins will slip off once cooled.

Peel apples, cut into slices. Toss apples with a mixture of 2 tablespoons coconut sugar and i tablespoon cinnamon. Saute in butter until soft.

  • Put half and half, eggs, tablespoon cinnamon, ground cloves and nutmeg in blender. Add sweet potatoes and cooked apples. Be sure to include all the juices.
  • Take pie crust out of refrigerator at least 10 minutes in advance to warm it up so it will roll easily.
  • Roll out for bottom crust. Reserve the remaining crust for cookie cutter decorations.

Notes

As far as the sweetener, you can replace with stevia in the raw, measure for measure. Do taste to adjust the sweetness.
As far as the liquid, you can use evaporated milk, which has a higher carb count or you can use buttermilk.