Birthday Banana Cream Pie (raw, paleo, dairy and gluten free)
 
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Ingredients
  • CRUST:
  • 1 cup raw pecans (or roasted see notes)
  • ½ cup shredded coconut
  • ½ cup ground flaxseed
  • 2 tablespoons coconut nectar or honey
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • FILLING:
  • 2 ripe bananas
  • ½ cup raw cashews
  • 1 can (non BPA) coconut milk
  • ¼ cup chia seeds
  • 2 tablespoons coconut nectar or honey
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • TOPPING:
  • sliced banana
  • Lily's Dark Chocolate Chips
Instructions
  1. CRUST:
  2. Rinse Pecans off and dry with towel.
  3. If you decide to roast/bake pecans (read notes) bake at 300 degrees for 20 min.
  4. Place all the ingredients for the crust in a Vitamix or food processor until blended.
  5. Using a little bit of coconut oil rub the insides of the pie plate.
  6. Press crust mixture into the pie plate up the sides.
  7. FILLING:
  8. Blend all the filling ingredients in your Vitamix or food processor until it's creamy.
  9. Pour Banana Cream filling in pie crust and freeze for a few hours so pie can set.
  10. TOPPING:
  11. Melt chocolate and cut banana into slices and dip in chocolate.
  12. Place them on wax paper and put in refrigerator until ready to serve pie.
  13. Drizzle any left over chocolate on top of pie.
Notes
I personally like roasting the pecans as it adds that baked, buttery flavor to this recipe's crust. I roasted a few cups to have extra for eating later. Toss nuts in a couple tablespoons of coconut oil and roast at 300 degrees for 20 min. Then process them in Vitamix as directions suggest. Using a little bit of coconut oil inside your pie plate will help it to cut nicely. I found that freezing pie worked best overnight. When you're ready to serve it, let it sit out for a few minutes so cutting will be easy. *After that you can keep it in the refrigerator.

If you just cannot wait to eat some pie, freeze it for as long as you can. It still tastes amazing but scooping it in a cup, parfait style is best when it's that soft. It is hard to find clean organic chocolate chips, so I like to use a favorite organic dark chocolate bar{to date I have found Lily's dark chocolate chip!). When dipping banana slices into chocolate, use tongs. This will prevent the sliced bananas from slipping out of your hands. Otherwise you will have a big chocolaty mess. That could be fun!
Recipe by Spoonful of Health Delicious Gluten Free Recipes, Paleo and FreeDiet approved at https://spoonfulofhealth.com/birthday-banana-cream-pie/