5-Ingredient Vegan & Gluten-Free Baked Mini Apple Cinnamon Pecan Pies a.k.a. How-To-Satisfy-Your-Pecan-Pie-Craving-In-25-Minutes (Sans The Guilt!)

HI AGAIN MUNCHKINS!

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Here’s something to make your Tuesday happy af!

These 5-ingredient BAKED MINI APPLE CINNAMON PECAN PIES will freaking WOWOWOWOWOWOW YOU!

‘Tis the season for apples after all! I mean… what’s fall baking without PECANS & APPLES? Let’s be honest. OH & CINNAMON!!!

SO, for these babies, I kept the ingredients super simple (& minimal… FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE) & they came out absolutely-positively-deliciously perfect!

They’re made with just:

• raw organic pecans;
• red delicious apple;
• Ceylon cinnamon;
• organic coconut sugar;
• & baobab powder!

NOW, it’s not just the ingredients that make these babies amazing… wait for it… they’re ready in… 25 minutes!!!!!!

They are CRUMBLY. SCRUMPTIOUS. DELICIOUS & GUARANTEED TO SATISFY THAT PECAN PIE CRAVING!!!!

BUT WAIT, before we get into the nitty-gritty, what on earth is BAOBAB POWDER, right?

• Baobab is a superfruit powder, which contains fibre, bio-available calcium (2x more than milk) & more vitamin C than oranges!
• It also contains lots of B vitamins, amino acids, potassium (more than bananas), manganese, iron & magnesium!
• It’s also a prebiotic, which means it enhances bacterial flora in the intestine, thanks to its soluble fibre content & is great for promoting a healthy gut!
• lastly, it contains more antioxidants than goji berries!

How’s that for a gut-healthy, free-radical fighting, healthy, nutritious, naturally sweet, anti-inflammatory, refined sugar-free, vegan & gluten-free dessert or snack?!

My loves, YOU WILL NEED:

• 1 large red delicious apple, VERY-VERY CUBED!;
• 1/2 cup of raw organic pecans;
• 1/8 cup of raw organic coconut sugar;
• 2 tbsp. of baobab powder;
• 1 tbsp. of water;
• 1/2 tsp. of Ceylon cinnamon;

NOW, FOR THAT HOW-TO?

• Preheat oven to 400F & spray a mini muffin tin with coconut oil cooking spray!
• In a MEDIUM bowl, combine the apple chunks, pecans, coconut sugar, water, baobab powder & cinnamon, stirring to combine, until fully incorporated!

• Once the mix is ready, TASTE IT & DIE. Literally. No, I’m kidding… BUT SERIOUSLY… you don’t understand how heavenly this tastes. You’ll literally want to just eat it LIKE THAT (& you can, BTW)... but… BAKE THEM. And they’ll be even better. I SWEAR. Guys, this will legit satisfy a pecan pie craving. Anyway, ONCE IT’S READY… add the apple pie mix to each little muffin holder-thing (don’t worry if it overflows a bit – THE MORE THE MERRIER!) &  BAKE FOR 20 MINUTES, until the tops of the mini pies are crisped up & browned!

• NOW, remove from the oven & DEVOUR!!!!