Vegan Whole Wheat Apple Pie - Vegan Family Recipes (2024)

There's something so warming and loving about making an apple pie. I dare you to try but I'm pretty sure no one is able to eat an apple pie angrily. If you can, show me on Instagram. I would love to see it! No cheating and pretending you are angry though!

Once you realize that a perfectly balanced, vegan apple pie can brighten even the gloomiest November day, you'll stop trying to take an angry apple pie-eating selfie and just enjoy it! :)

The trick to a good apple pie, whether it is vegan or not, is choosing the right apples. You need nice tart apples. I prefer granny smith but you can go with a royal gala, empire, or even golden delicious apples as well. You'll also want to make sure you slice your apples in roughly the same way. You'll want all your apples to have an even cook on them.

Another newbie apple pie mistake I often see taste is that people think adding lots of cinnamon will miraculously make the apple pie taste 200x better. So let's answer this quick question. What should apple pie taste like? Like cinnamon pie? No. Like all-spice pie? No. Like sugar? No. Mmmm...Oh right...like APPLE PIE. The keyword is APPLE. Go easy on the spices. You want a hint of cinnamon and sweetness. not an overwhelming amount.

I also want to point out that I used wholecane sugar or also known as sucanat. It's basically just dehydrated sugar cane juice and therefore retains all of the molasses content of sugar cane. Because of the molasses in whole cane sugar, you won't need to add too much of it. Usually, in baking, you'll need about ⅔ of what the recipe is calling for in white sugar. You'll also get a nice caramel-like taste from it which works wonderfully in this apple pie. If you don't have sucanat on hand then feel free to use white sugar. See the notes of the recipe then.

Now your pie just needs a top. I prefer making lattice top for pies. I think it looks nicer and I actually like making it. Makes me feel crafty :) If you aren't in a crafty mood, you can always bake the pie without a top or just roll out the pie top place it on top and cut some slits in the top.

Otherwise, the lattice is the way to go. You'll want to roll out your pie dough and cut it into strips. I like using 1-inch strips but you can also make a smaller lattice. Just make sure you use a yardstick or a different way of measuring to make sure they are all the same size. You don't need to worry too much about the length at this point. Just make sure they are longer than your pie plate.

Then you'll want to start weaving. Everyone weaves their lattice in a slightly different way. For a step-by-step lattice pie top look here. Otherwise, if you are feeling adventurous then dive right in and realize that inner weaver! Make sure to touch the dough as little as possible you still want little streaks of butter going through the dough.

Make sure to cut off the excess length from each strip of dough and fold it over or up depending on the look you are going for :)

Now, all there is left to do is to bake it. Finally!

Now, what should we do with it? Or we wanted to eat it. That's right :)

There you have it. A perfectly delicious Whole Wheat Vegan Apple Pie!

If you haven't made the Whole Wheat Pie Crust yet be sure to do that first!

Looking for some other Holiday recipes to make? Some of these might tickle your fancy ;)

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