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Michelle Lopez from Hummingbird High recently put out a cookbook called Weeknight Baking and it’s officially one of my favorite baking books out there. She asked for some hypemen and of course I had to apply. The book is amazing – so full of tips, tricks, recipes, and resources to become a better baker! Even as someone who bakes and decorates for a living, I learned so much from this! I chose to highlight the Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie.
This pie just so happens to be gluten free and vegan – and it was insane. Very easy to make and so so decadent! I am not vegan, so I didn’t use vegan white chocolate and I ended up adding a chocolate ganache layer, but it would have been easy to make fully vegan if I needed to.
The smooth filling and crunchy crust is the perfect balance of sweet and salty – my favorite things in a dessert.
RECIPE
By Michelle Lopez in her book Weeknight Baking
Makes 1 pie
Crust Ingredients: -1 1/2 cups (5.25 oz) gluten free pretzels, pulsed in a food processor -6 tbsp (3 oz) coconut oil, melted -2 tbsp dark brown sugar, packed -Pinch of salt
Optional Chocolate Ganache layer: -1/4 cup chocolate chips -1/4 cup heavy cream (or coconut cream)
Filling Ingredients: -6 oz vegan (or not) white chocolate -3/4 cup (7.15 oz) unsweetened creamy natural peanut butter -2 tbsp dark brown sugar, packed -1/2 cup coconut water from a can (explained below)*
Whipped Coconut Cream: -Coconut cream from a can (explained below)* -1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract -2 tbsp powdered sugar
*Coconut cream and water: a day or two before you’re ready to make this pie, place a can of full fat coconut milk in the fridge. This will cause the cream and the water to separate – crucial for this recipe! Once it’s been in there a while, remove and open the can without jostling it too much. Carefully scoop out the hardened cream on top and put it in an airtight container and store in the fridge until you make the whipped cream. Use the remaining liquid – the “water” – to make the filling!
Instructions:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix the pretzel crumbs, coconut oil, sugar, and salt together and press it into a pie pan. Use your hands or the bottom of a measuring cup to really press it in there. Work the crust up the sides as well. Bake for 15 minutes. Allow to fully cool and store it in a cake dome until you make your filling.
Make the optional ganache layer and spread it across the bottom of the cooled crust. Place in the fridge or freezer to allow that bit to harden while you make the filling.
Melt the white chocolate either in a double boiler or in the microwave on medium power for about 45 seconds. Stir it well and once it’s melted, add it to the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment. Add in the peanut butter and whisk until fully combined and light and fluffy. Pour in the coconut water and the brown sugar and whisk another few minutes on medium-high. It’ll look like a “thick caramel.”
Pour the filling into the crust, lightly wrap it in plastic wrap, and place in the fridge overnight or for a few hours.
Add the coconut cream and vanilla to the (cleaned) bowl of the stand mixer with the whisk attachment and whip until smooth and stiff peaks have formed – about 2-3 minutes. Add in the powdered sugar and whip until combined. Spread it over the top of your pie and ENJOY!
GF Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie from Weeknight Baking
Course: Dessert
Keyword: Gluten Free, Pie, Pies
Servings: 1pie
Ingredients
Crust Ingredients:
5.25ozgluten free pretzelspulsed to pieces
3ozcoconut oilmelted
2tbspdark brown sugar
pinch of salt
Optional Chocolate Ganache layer:
1/4cupchocolate chips
1/4cupheavy cream or coconut cream
Filling Ingredients:
6ozvegan (or normal) white chocolate chips
3/4 cupunsweetened natural peanut butter
2tbspdark brown sugar
1/2cupcoconut water from a cansee note
Whipped Coconut Cream:
coconut cream from cansee note
1/2tspvanilla extract
2tbsppowdered sugar
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix the pretzel crumbs, coconut oil, sugar, and salt together and press it into a pie pan. Use your hands or the bottom of a measuring cup to really press it in there. Work the crust up the sides as well. Bake for 15 minutes. Allow to fully cool and store it in a cake dome until you make your filling.
Make the optional ganache layer and spread it across the bottom of the cooled crust. Place in the fridge or freezer to allow that bit to harden while you make the filling.
Melt the white chocolate either in a double boiler or in the microwave on medium power for about 45 seconds. Stir it well and once it’s melted, add it to the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment. Add in the peanut butter and whisk until fully combined and light and fluffy. Pour in the coconut water and the brown sugar and whisk another few minutes on medium-high. It’ll look like a “thick caramel.”
Pour the filling into the crust, lightly wrap it in plastic wrap, and place in the fridge overnight or for a few hours.
Add the coconut cream and vanilla to the (cleaned) bowl of the stand mixer with the whisk attachment and whip until smooth and stiff peaks have formed – about 2-3 minutes. Add in the powdered sugar and whip until combined. Spread it over the top of your pie and ENJOY!
Notes
*Coconut cream and water: a day or two before you’re ready to make this pie, place a can of full fat coconut milk in the fridge. This will cause the cream and the water to separate – crucial for this recipe! Once it’s been in there a while, remove and open the can without jostling it too much. Carefully scoop out the hardened cream on top and put it in an airtight container and store in the fridge until you make the whipped cream. Use the remaining liquid – the “water” – to make the filling!
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Servings: 1 giant mug cake
Ingredients: -2 tbsp gluten free flour -3 tbsp almond flour -2 tbsp 100% cocoa powder -1 tbsp granulated sugar of choice (I use either cane or coconut) -1/4 tsp baking powder -5 tbsp almond milk (or any milk of choice) -2 tbsp avocado or coconut oil (melted) -how ever many chocolate chips you want (use dairy free if necessary) -pinch of salt -1 spoonful of nut butter of choice
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A one-person giant mug cake that is both gluten free and vegan and not remotely shy of deliciousness
Course: Dessert
Keyword: Cake
Servings: 1serving
Ingredients
2tbspgluten free 1:1 flour
3tbspalmond flour
2tbsp100% cocoa powder
1tbspcane sugar
1/4tspbaking powder
5tbspmilk of choice
2tbspcoconut oilmelted
handful of chocolate chipsvegan if necessary
pinch of salt
1tbspnut butter of choiceoptional
Instructions
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Drop the spoonful of nut butter into the center and let it sink as it pleases.
Microwave the mug for approximately 70 seconds – this time may vary depending on microwave.
Let it cool some and enjoy! This saves well, so if you don’t finish it just cover it and place it in the fridge. Reheat it for 20 second intervals until it is warmed throughout and soft again.
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Servings: 9ish
Ingredients:
Crust layer: -1.5 cup gluten free rolled oats -1/2 cup almond or coconut flour -1/4 cup coconut oil, melted -1/4 cup maple syrup -Pinch of salt
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Chocolate layer: -1/4 cup coconut oil, melted -1/4 cup maple syrup -1/4 cup special dark cocoa powder
Instructions:
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