Wholegrain Mapley Cherry Pie Recipe

This dairy-free Wholegrain Mapley Cherry Pie features a wholesome crust with a homemade cherry filling. The crust and top are mapley sweet and the filling juicy and delicious. Both filling and crust are sweetened with pure maple syrup.
The pie is decorated with a delicate cherry blossom motif celebrating the beautiful cherry tree.
As in all Kosher Create recipes, all grains used – spelt and oats in this pie – are 100% Wholegrain. Feel free to browse through our Wholegrain Dessert Collection. For more pie recipes, visit our Pie Section In Kosher Create’s Healthy Dessert Recipe Collection, that includes our Wholegrain Strawberry Pie, Wholegrain Lemony Blueberry Pie, and dairy-free Oat Crust Peach Pie. All these three pies, as well as this one, are dairy free (parve).
Our pie was tested with frozen cherries that are potentially more available and affordable.
Love Cherries? Try our Peanut Butter Cookies With A Cherry On Top, Wholegrain Cherry French Toast and Vegan Almond Cherry Cocoa Granola.


Wholegrain Mapley Cherry Pie
Equipment
- Electric Mixer
- Round Pie Dish (10 inch – 27 centimeters)
- Medium Size Pot (for cooking the filling)
- Small Heat Resistant Bowl (for mixing the oat flour with the cherry liquid)
- Large Rolling Pin
- Small Rolling Pin
- 4 Large Baking Sheets
- Cookie Cutter Form (this recipe uses a five petal flower form similar to cherry blossom flowers)
- Apple Corer (used to cut a small circle in the middle of the flower form)
Ingredients
Cherry Filling
- 8 cups Cherries (pitted, fresh or frozen)
- 6 tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice
- 2 teaspoons Fresh Lemon Rind
- 2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2/3 cup Pure Maple Syrup (adjust to the sweetness of the cherries; you may be able to use less maple syrup)
- 2/3 cup Oat Flour
Pie Dough
- 1 Egg
- ⅓ cup Blanched Almond Butter
- ½ cup Pure Maple Syrup
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 3 tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice
- 2 teaspoons Fresh Lemon Rind
- 1 cup Blanched Almond Flour
- 1 1/2 cups Wholegrain Spelt Flour (sifted; you can sift a little extra flour to be gradually added to the dough in case the dough is too soft)
- 1 cup Oat Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
Instructions
Create The Cherry Filling
- Gather the ingredients.

- If using fresh cherries: wash the cherries well and remove the stems and pits. (you can remove the pits with a cherry pitter, or push the pits out with a straw or chopstick through the stem end)
- Place the prepared cherries or frozen pitted cherries, lemon juice, and lemon rind into a medium size pot and gradually bring to a boil.

- Simmer for 15 minutes .
- Add the vanilla and stir.
- Add the maple syrup gradually and mix well. Cool a small amount of the mixture before all the maple syrup is added to taste and determine if more is needed.
- Lower the heat and simmer for a minute.
- Place the oat flour in a small heat-resistant bowl and gradually add liquid from the cooked cherries. Mix with a spoon until a cream is formed.
- Gradually add the oat flour cream to the cooking cherries. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 additional minutes stirring frequently. Let cool.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.
Create The Pie Dough
- Gather the ingredients.

- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius).
- Whisk the egg and almond butter in an electric mixer until well blended.
- Add the maple syrup, vanilla, fresh lemon juice and rind. Continue to whisk for another minute.
- Gradually add the other ingredients and whisk until well blended.
- If the dough is too loose, gradually add a small amount of sifted spelt flour until you have a dough that you can roll out.
- Form a ball from the dough.

- Divide the ball in half.

- Form 2 balls from the two halves.
Create The Pie Crust
- Place 1 ball of dough between 2 baking sheets. Flatten the dough with a rolling pin trying to keep a circular shape.

- The dough should be about 1/8-inch thick – 1/3 centimeter thick.
- Carefully peel away the top baking sheet.
- Put the pie dish face down onto the dough and holding the baking sheet with the dough, turn it over onto the surface of the pie dish.

- Carefully peel away the baking sheet.

- If areas are missing dough, you can roll out more dough to use as fillers. Smooth it out with a small rolling pin or with your hand.

- Perforate the dough with small holes using a fork.

- Bake for 5 minutes or until golden.

- Let Cool. Set aside.
Create The Cherry Pie
- Spoon the cooled cherry filling into the prepared baked pie crust. Spread it to cover the crust until the edges.

- Place the second ball of dough between 2 baking sheets.
- Flatten the dough with a rolling pin.
- The dough should be about 1/8-inch thick – 1/3 centimeter thick.
- Cut the dough with a cookie cutter form of your choice. See notes below.
- To resemble a cherry blossom flower, this recipe uses a five-petal flower cookie cutter. A circle is cut in the middle.

- A small upside-down vee is then cut on the petal and a line pressed onto the middle of the petal.

- Arrange the cut forms on top of the pie filling.

- Bake for 25 minutes or until golden
- Best served cooled.

