Gingerbread Pie Crust
This is the Perfect Pie Crust for any fall-flavored pie or cheesecake. It will make your Apple Pie or Pumpkin Cheesecake over-the-top delicious. Your whole kitchen will smell like gingerbread cookies.
Servings 1 9-inch pie
Calories 998kcal
Equipment
- Food processor
- 9-inch glass pie plate
- Cake pan with removable bottom (9-inch / 23 cm)
- Classic cake pan (9-inch / 23 cm)
Ingredients
- 1 cup Oat flour
- 3/4 cup Nut meal (ground walnuts or pecans) aka nut flour
- 3 Tbsp Maple syrup or molasses
- 2 Tbsp Finely milled ground flax or ground chia
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp Ginger
Instructions
- Combine ground 2 Tbsp flax or chia in a small bowl with 6 Tbsp fresh water. (It will thicken within a minute!)
- Take another bowl and add all dry ingredients: oat flour, ground nuts, cinnamon, and ginger. Mix until combined.
- Add the maple syrup and the thickened flax or chia egg. Mix it with your hand until you can form a ball and the dough no longer sticks to the sides. (You can use a food processor to finish even quicker!) - If it sticks too much, add 1 Tbsp oat flour.
- You can roll it out the pie dough right away or place it in an airtight container (or wrap it in cling foil) and store it in the fridge overnight.
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Notes
Is it suitable for Upper Pie Crust?
It is not really, as it can get really dry. It works best when the filling is nice and juicy.
What can I add instead of oat flour?
I think oat flour works best here. I would imagine buckwheat or millet flour, maybe. Nothing high starch as that will make the dough sticky. If you have regular all-purpose wheat flour (and you don't need the crust to be gluten-free), you can use that 1:1 instead of oat flour.
What other nuts can I use?
Walnuts and pecans remind me the most of gingerbread, but you are welcome to substitute it with almonds or cashews.
Can I make this pie crust ahead of time?
Yes, this Gingerbread Pie Crust keeps in the fridge overnight as a ball wrapped up in cling foil or an airtight container. I recommend you roll it out only right before adding the filling.
Can I freeze this pie crust?
Yes, it freezes well. Again I recommend freezing it as a ball wrapped up tightly.