What can I make with apple butter? It’s a question I found myself asking myself… right after making this apple butter. Don’t get me wrong, apple butter is amazing on its own (or spread on absolutely anything), but wouldn’t it be cool to make something with it?
Enter: Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie.
This paleo apple butter pumpkin pie is a beautiful orangey-red color and the texture is spot on for a creamy yet sturdy pie. The crust is nutty and a little salty which helps bring out some of the sweetness in the filling. When you make this crust, you’ll need to spend a few minutes gently molding it to your pie pan. Bake the crust for a few minutes to help it firm up, then add your filling before putting it back into the oven.
When you mix the filling ingredients together, make sure to add your eggs last. This way you can taste your filling to make sure it’s as sweet as you’d like. All apple butter recipes are different, so if yours isn’t very sweet, you’ll want to add more sweetener. This is a pie after all – it should be sweet, so adjust according to your taste. You can use maple syrup, honey, coconut sugar – whatever you want. If you use maple syrup – just make sure you don’t over-do it. Its consistency isn’t as thick as honey.
It’s crazy how cheap apples are when they’re in season. I spent 3 dollars on TWO organic apples at the grocery store a couple of months ago. Now, I can get a 5.5-pound bag of apples (½ peck) for just 5 bucks at the farmer’s market.
I love apples. But I hate listening to people eat apples. It’s like listening to nails on a chalkboard, but worse. I have no idea why but listening to people munch on apples drives me sort of nuts. I like eating apples myself, but I like to do it privately. I feel uneasy eating them in front of others… what if they’re bothered by the noise too? I mean, you can’t quietly eat an apple – it’s just not possible.
We normally cook apples in our house. Not just because they’re noisy to eat, but because my husband, Roby, has an oral allergy to them unless they’re cooked.
This apple butter pumpkin pie is sweet and a little tart. It’s creamy with some crunch from the slightly salty crust. And it’s definitely a different take on your average pumpkin pie.
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