Sweet pie crust

v2; updated 25/12/2019: added egg to make the crust less crumbly/dry.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup almond flour
• 1/4 cup coconut flour
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup butter
• Sweetener equivalent to 3 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Additional flavourings/seasonings, e.g. 1 tsp cinnamon, or 1 tsp lemon zest, or 1 tsp cardamom

Filling ideas

• 2 cups of frozen berries, simmered in saucepan with sweetener to taste (e.g. 1/4 cup) until the liquid thickens sufficiently. Bake pie for 20 minutes.
• Chocolate pie, e.g. 1/3 cup cocoa powder dissolved in 40g melted butter, 75mL double cream, with 1/2 cup sweetener, all mixed well. Bake for 20 minutes (untested).

Method

1. Preheat oven gas mark 4
2. Combine coconut flour, almond flour, baking powder, eggs, melted butter, and sweetener, and any additional seasonings/flavourings
3. Use hands to knead and form a ball of dough
4. Divide dough into half. Press one half into small (approx 6 inch) pie dish. Make holes with fork.
5. Pre-bake for 15 mins at gas mark 4
6. Add pie filling.
7. Cover on top with remaining dough. Can use dough intact and make holes in the dough, or make dough into pattern, e.g. roll out dough then cut strips to make lattice top. Note dough is very fragile so strips would likely have to be formed directly on top of the crust (rather than rolled out separately).
8. Return to the oven and bake at gas mark 4 for 15-30 minutes depending on filling.