Look into the spiral.
Swirly, twirly frosting.
You are getting very sleepy hungry…
See? Who says hypnosis doesn’t work?
Birthday Girl
A few weeks ago, my little sister flew in from Boston for Thanksgiving. Her birthday also falls close to the holiday, and therefore we held a special birthday dinner for her at my parents’ house.
My sister is a big fan of the Chocolate Chip White Bean Blondies.
So I was eager to try out my newest idea on her, especially since she isn’t a huge chocoholic. (She doesn’t like bananas either. Sometimes I wonder if we’re really related!)
Deep Dish Cinnamon Roll Pie
One of my Gluten Free Recipes
- 1 cup quick oats
- 2 cans garbanzo or white beans, drained and rinsed (500g after draining)
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- 2 and 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 T canola or coconut oil
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 and 1/2 cups sugar or sucanat (Feel free to use less if you’re used to healthy desserts. Or sub some of the sugar with stevia if desired.)
- 2 T cinnamon
Blend all ingredients very, very well in a food processor. Pour into an oiled pan. (I used a 10-inch springform pan, but you can use a smaller pan if you want a really deep-dish pie.) Cook at 350F for around 35 minutes. Let stand at least 10 minutes before removing from the pan. I haven’t tried subbing the sugar with agave, but I do know that many readers have had successfully used agave in my chocolate-chip cookie pie (a similar recipe). So I *think* it would work here as well.
If desired, frost the pie with Creamy Cinnamon Roll Frosting.
My bro and looked like twins for the longest time but unfortunately due to his lifestyle choices his health has gone WAY down hill and he does not resemble any form of his former self. Sad but true….certain lifestyles will kill you inside and out.
You two are definitely related! You look so much alike and you both have great hair and the same great smile and perfectly straight white teeth! Good genes! 🙂
And the pie…holy moly, looks delish!
You ladies are so cute! Definitely sisters. My siblings and I all look EXACTLY alike. It’s scary!
You guys look like twins! I have a brother, but we don’t look alike. But my husband and his brother look like twins too!
im pretty sure i will be making this FOR BREAKFAST sometime this week. i like the way you “roll” miss Katie <3 hehe
you and your sister definitely look alike. i remember wayyyy back when i first say a picture of you two and thought you were twins!
people will always tell me that me and my brothers look alike. bot hare older, but the one closest to me always gets told "hey were you and your sister born twins?" … i always tell him to play along and say YES 🙂 lol
xoxo <3
You two are most definitely related! More than I can say for my sister and I. I look like my mom and she totally looks like my Dad.
I wish I had a sibling sometimes. Being an only child can get lonely! You and your sister seems to have the same eyes too 🙂
Aww you guys are so cute! You two have the EXACT same smile! My brother and I look like twins apparently, and when people said that when I was younger, I used to get so upset about it I’d burst into tears! 😛
And I LOVE your cookie pies! I’ve made your chocolate chip one twice before and it’s awesome!! I can’t wait to make this one! 😀
My sibling is a half sister, but we seriously look so alike!
She’s just thinner than me :p then again, she likes to play more and think less about food. I like to play; but I think about food more….
You two are so gorgeous! I don’t look anything like my brother…he has dark hair and I have blonde hair. Funny how things work out!
I LOVE CINNAMON ROLLS!!! Especially the ones YOU make. 🙂
Sadly, me and my siblings look nothing alike. People always ask me who my friends are =(.
I just found your website and I’m in LOVE WITH IT. I made the one-minute cake today and it was seriously delicious. THANK YOU FOR THIS. It was a bit too dry and I think it’s bc I used heaping spoons for the dry ingredients and flat spoons for the wet ingredients (although, I wonder how you’d get a heaping tbsp of milk). Anyway, I’ll try to be more consistent with my measuring =).
Aww thank you!!
And ugh, I wish all measuring spoons/cups were the same! Did you know, they are often off by as much as an entire teaspoon or more?! I usually use a food scale, because they’re much more reliable (and much less messy for things like peanut butter!).
i just made the deep dish cookie pie tonight again, for like the fifth time since i’ve come across your blog a few weeks ago. sooo amazing<3 this ones definitely next 😀
My sister is three years older than I am, when we were little we were the same height which made people think we were twins, though we looked quite opposite; she had thick dark curls and i had straight light blonde hair. You and your sister look very different from each other, but have similar features, so you can soo tell you're sisters 🙂
You two are so pretty!
I’m really going to have to try this someday, or at least make cinnamon buns for my cinnamon bun-loving guy. Lol.
And I personally don’t think my brother and I look alike. I look more Asian, he looks more Hispanic (my mom is Cuban and my dad is Filipino!).
Oh my gosh you’re twins! 🙂 Thank goodness that’s gluten free. For Christmas morning my mom used to make cinnamon rolls but now that I’m allergic to wheat I can’t have them, so we’re maybe going to make this for our new Christmas morning dish.
I have 3 younger brothers and we all looks totally different! you and your sister both are glowing in the pic!
great recipe katie, i need to start using beans in my desserts.