A super easy and homemade gluten free pie crust recipe –
Just 5 ingredients + NO flour!
Even if you’re not eating a gluten free diet these days, chances are you know someone who is. More and more people are removing gluten from their diets, and restaurants and supermarkets are starting to take note. Even Cheerios just went gluten free! Nowadays, you can easily find gluten free pasta, flour, frozen meals, and baked goods in both specialty and regular grocery stores.
I found the almond flour for this gluten free pie crust recipe at Trader Joes and was shocked by the low price tag: $3.99 for a full 16-oz package! That is a fantastic deal! (If you don’t have a Trader Joes near you, I’ve also spotted almond flour—also known as almond meal—at Giant, Whole Foods, Harris Teeter, and from online retailers such as amazon or vitacost.) Almond flour can be either a golden color (such as Bob’s Red Mill brand) or the darker color as seen in the photos of this post.
Funnily enough, the gluten free pie crust recipe I’m posting today–which can also be vegan, paleo, and sugar-free–was actually adapted from my Healthy Girl Scout Cookie Tagalongs.
And if you need inspiration for what to put in the gluten free pie crust, I have about a zillion pie recipes and am planning to post yet another one later this week!
I kind of really love pie!!!
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Gluten Free Pie Crust
Gluten Free Pie Crust | Healthy + Flourless
Ingredients
- 2 cups almond flour (200g)
- 1/4 tsp plus 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- optional pinch stevia
- 2 tbsp plus 2 tsp melted coconut oil (30g)
- 2 tbsp water OR pure maple syrup (30g)
Instructions
(If using this as crust for a pie that you bake, there is no need to pre-bake the crust.) Preheat oven to 350 F. Either grease the bottom of an 8.5 springform pan OR line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper. In a bowl, combine all ingredients and stir to form crumbles. Transfer the crumbly dough to the prepared pan, and press down evenly and firmly with your hands. Bake 14 minutes. Press down with a spoon. (For a 9-inch pan, increase all ingredients by 1.5. Baking time remains the same.)
Do you think I can sub Bob’s GF All-Purpose Baking Flour for almond flour?
Love this! I’m always looking for new gluten free recipes ! 🙂
I love this. I have a friend who is trying to eat gluten free. I had lots of strawberries to use up and made a pie using this crust. Delicious. Happy friend and happy hostess.
Hello!
Thank you for all the wonderful healthy recipes I made the black bean brownies for pot luck dinner at our church they were a real hit.
I just went to Trader Joe’s the other day and was disappointed that the almond flour was $5.99 here where I live. Some things are cheaper at TJ’s, though. Though, all nuts but peanuts have been really expensive out here lately and I’ve had a hard time wanting to spend that much. The jars of almond/hazelnut/cashew butters have been pretty expensive, too. :/
I’ve been trying to eat gluten free because gluten’s been giving me a little trouble, but I’ve been experimenting with ground up oats, brown rice flour, and starch mixed because it’s inexpensive and I just bought some coconut flour. I wonder if my flour mix would work here… hmmmm… anyone else experiment with other flours?
Anon’s question from 14 Sept. is a good one. I have a bazillion kinds of flour, but not almond! (In doing a little research it appears that coconut flour is NOT a good replacement for almond flour.) I have: oat, garbanzo, quinoa, spelt, amaranth, sorghum, brown rice, potato flours. (I’m trying to avoid adding ANOTHER flour to my baking cabinet!) Any thoughts?
So happy to see these recipes. I hope to try alot of them. It will save me from the holidays!
I’ve been desperately looking for an almond flour crust for a pumpkin pie and hoping for one without sweetener. A problem is the fat–I’d rather not have to buy coconut oil as I’m sensitive to it. I’d love to use my earth balance soy free baking sticks, but am afraid it won’t turn out. Do you have any advice?
I hate to be THAT person, but I am allergic to almonds (only almonds-??), I’m thinking I could use a mix of other nuts or even oats or something to make this crust, no? Seeking approval…
Hi Katie,
Loving your blog!
I am curious to know if you have ever used this crust with a lemon square topping. I have been playing with nut crusts for lemon squares (I tried 3 different recipes) . Each time, the lemon filling sunk below the crust and I ended up with the crust on top.
This is such a mystery to me. Any idea why this might happen?
Can one substitute sugar-free maple flavored syrup for the pure maple syrup? I figure that might add more flavor than the water and still keep it sugar-free. I am going to make this during the upcoming week.