July 4th- Patriotic Pie

My mother, Lynne Lott, is a Health Minister for Hallelujah Acres and she made a wonderful, raw pie for the 4th of July.

Below is the recipe with two options for the crust.  All the grandkids LOVED this delicious pie!

BUTTERY CRUST

(recipe from How We all went Raw)

In a food processor, with the S blade, add:

• 2 cups pecans or walnuts- Blend into small pieces.

Then add the following:

• 1/4 t salt
• 1/4 t vanilla
• 1 cup dates, soak about 5 minutes to soften
• 1/4 ground flax seeds

Blend until it turns into a ball. Be careful not to blend too long.

Place crust in a spring-sided pie pan, although any pie pan will work.

CHEESECAKE FILLING

• 3 cups cashews soaked for at least an hour
• ½ cup lemon juice 
• ¾ c agave nectar (I reduced this in half) 
• ¼ c coconut butter, optional, but Oh so Good!!
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ½ teaspoon sea salt 

Blend in a food processor all the above. You want this mixture thick but can add a small amount of water if the machine won't handle it. Blend until extremely smooth, pour on top of crust and serve or freeze and then serve. If you freeze it with the filling, when it defrosts, the crust will get very soft, so I keep them separate until serving.

Option 2 for pie crust:

RAW PIE CRUST
(from Kim Wilson's Everyday Wholesome Eating in the Raw)

Date Nut Dough

• 1 cup raw pecans ¼-1/2 cup raw honey (to taste) 
• 1 cup raw walnuts ¼-1/2 tsp sea salt (to taste 
• 1 cup pitted dates 

Grind pecans, walnuts and dates in food processor until well-chopped and blended. Add honey and continue until mixture forms a ball--careful not to over process.

Press into base and sides of pie pan before adding filling and decorate with sliced strawberries and whole blueberries and freeze to keep it from bleeding as the fruit melts. Serve right away after taking picture.

Note: can use crust as cookies or tasty raw balls:

Cookies or snack ball options:

• 1 tsp cinnamon and or ½ tsp nutmeg 
• or 1 Tbsp carob powder 
• or 1-2 Tbsp orange zest (from organic orange) 

Roll the dough into balls, then in flaked coconut, ground nuts or carob powder

Hope you enjoy!

Lynne Lott, Hallelujah Health Minister, Harrison, AR
I teach raw food preparation classes in the summer
Certified Reflexologist, call for appointment
870-741-6395 home office lynnlott@windstream.net