Grain Free Pie Crust: Better than Gluten Free!

5 from 3 votes

This grain free pie crust is not low carb, but it is grain free. You can substitute coconut oil for the butter in this recipe for a dairy and grain free pie crust.

Note: Nutrition facts are for the double crust recipe. I've divided it in 8 servings.

Course Holiday

Cuisine American

Diet Diabetic, Gluten Free

Keyword crust

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 0

Total Time 15

Servings Servings (double crust)

Calories 259.77kcal

Author Tara Wright

Ingredients

For a Double Crust:

1 ½ cup cassava flour 192g
½ cup tapioca flour
½ teaspoon salt
12 Tablespoons cold unsalted butter Omit salt if using salted butter
2 large egg
1 Tablespoon BochaSweet or Monk Fruit sweetener
2-6 Tablespoons cold water

For a Single Crust:

¾ cup cassava flour
¼ cup tapioca flour
¼ teaspoon salt
6 Tablespoons cold unsalted Butter Omit salt if using salted butter
1 large egg
1 ½ teaspoons Lakanto Monk Fruit Sweetener or BochaSweet
1-3 Tablespoons cold water

Instructions

Combine the flours and salt and sugar and cut in the cold unsalted butter either by hand or with a food processor.
Then add your egg and blend to combine, adding water to get to the right consistency. The dough should be firm and not sticky--but also not crumble when you handle it.
Split the pie crust in two and roll out between sheets of parchment paper.
Bake as you would a normal pie crust for the type of pie you're making.

Video

Notes

The video shows quite a few tricks to making this pie crust. One HUGE tip is not to get discouraged if it falls apart! I show you how to fix it and still get a beautiful result. You'll also see me add a little water before I roll out the top pie crust because it's a bit dry. This is the trick to preventing it from falling apart.

I've used a food processor to pull this recipe together quickly. You could also cut the butter in by hand and not use a food processor at all. The choice is entirely yours.

Although this isn't really an apple pie recipe-- I'll include my recipe for sugar free (no sugar added) apple pie filling using fresh apples! I use just a touch of molasses because I love molasses! You can substitute any sugar substitute if you don't care for molasses flavor.

* *Nutrition facts provided as estimates only. We use erythritol for the sweetener for consistency purposes when calculating nutrition facts with the exception of stevia which is calculated as such.

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