Mini Apple Pie Cheesecakes (Single Serve Vegan Apple Pie Cheesecake)
Bite sized vegan apple cheesecake! These are easy and delicious! You don’t have to prebake the crust or precook the apple pie filling! The perfect mini dessert for the holidays. Gluten-free.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 1 cup blanched super fine almond flour or use natural almond flour
- 3 tablespoons tapioca starch or other starch
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon semi-solid refined coconut oil melt before using
- 3-4 tablespoons maple syrup
For the cheesecake filing:
- 3/4 cup vanilla non-dairy yogurt such as Kite Hill
- 3/4 cup cashews soaked for at least 15 minutes in hot water
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract or as needed
For the apple pie topping:
- 1 cup finely chopped apples peeled and chopped
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Make the crust: In a bowl add all the dry ingredients for the crust; almond flour, tapioca starch, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and sugar, and mix really well. Press and mix to break all the almond flour lumps, if any.
- Melt your coconut oil if you haven’t already then add it to the bowl with 3 tablespoons of maple syrup.
- Use your hands or a spoon to press and mix really well. The mixture should be slightly dry-ish dough. Only add maple syrup one teaspoon at a time if needed. If there’s too much maple syrup the mixture will become a soft cookie dough and eventually sticky and difficult to work with. Set aside
- Make the cheesecake filling; add all the filling ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. Depending on your blender, the consistency of the yogurt, and the cashews, you might need to add 2-4 tablespoons of water to get the filling to a smooth consistency.
- Add the water as needed, one tablespoon at a time, and blend. I usually blend for 30 seconds and let it sit for 5 minutes for the cashews to rehydrate really well and then blend again. Repeat this process 3 or 4 times. Check the consistency in between and add more water if needed. Do not add too much water and keep it a thick creamy consistency. Set the filling aside.
- Line a muffin tin with parchment or muffin liners, or grease really well, and add a parchment holder so that you can pop out the cheesecakes easily.
- If you have a non-stick muffin tin then grease really well. I usually only add a strip or rectangle of parchment across and add the crust on top which helps pop out easily. But if your muffin tin is older and is not non-stick then you’ll need to use muffin liners.
- Once the muffin tin is ready, take small portions of the crust mix and press it into the muffin tin. Do not make a thick crust, just spread it out all the way to the sides of the muffin tin. Then add the blended filling to the crusts. Only fill them a bit over halfway through as we will add apples on top. You will get anywhere from 6-8 mini cheesecakes.
- Make the apple pie topping: In a bowl add all the topping ingredients and mix really well. Top the mini cheesecakes with a good amount of apple topping.
- Preheat the oven to 335ºF (170ºC). Place the muffin tin on a baking sheet and place it in the oven to bake. Check at the 18 -minute mark if the crust starts to turn golden and the apples are somehow baked. If not bake for another 4 to 8 minutes, depending on the oven and the thickness of the crust.
- Remove the muffin pan from the oven and let it cool for 15 minutes before popping the cheesecakes out. Serve them at room temperature or let them chill for 1 hour for a more cheesecakey consistency.
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Notes
- For a Carmelo pie-like topping, you can cook the apples beforehand in a skillet to get a saucy caramelized coating on the apples. Cook 5-8 mins.
- Nutfree:, use an alternate crust; which is a regular pie crust with regular or gluten-free flour and vegan butter. For the filling, use 1.5 cups of vegan yogurt instead of cashews. Add 1 tablespoon of cornstarch or tapioca starch to help the filling thicken during the baking process.
- To make the recipe oil-free, omit the oil from the crust and add 1-2 teaspoons more maple syrup.
Nutrition
Calories: 357kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Sodium: 78mg | Potassium: 157mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 12IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 100mg | Iron: 2mg