Pain in the butt I tell you. But since I got to eat this, it was so worth it! I couldn’t believe how patient my 4 year old was when she became the prop assistant – when you have a pie as your reward I guess there’s a lot of things we could be patient with :).
Have you ever made a pie crust with coconut oil? I did for the first time today and I actually really liked it. Basically, this turned out to be an unintentionally vegan recipe (although I did add an egg wash, but if you’d like to keep the recipe entirely vegan you could definitely omit it and replace it with a soy milk wash or a corn syrup plus a bit of water for a similar effect. Or you could just leave it off altogether). The reason I chose to use coconut oil instead of butter or shortening in this recipe was simply because it’s a healthier alternative. If I’m going to serve these to my family for breakfast I don’t want them eating two sticks of butter to start the day :). I also added in some more nutrition by replacing some white flour with oat flour. My kids never would have been able to tell the difference between these and an original version. I love when I can do that – sneak healthier foods into things and no knows the difference. I’m thinking you’ll likely say the same about these too. The glaze for these is optional but I’d recommend that if you do omit it that you sprinkle a little bit of raw or granulated sugar evenly over the tops of the pies before baking. Enjoy!
