Description
This Chai Spice Vegan Pear Pie features a flaky vegan crust filled with a warm, spiced pear filling infused with chai spices. Perfectly baked to golden brown, it’s a comforting dessert ideal for cozy gatherings, served best slightly warm with vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
Scale
For the crust:
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup vegan butter, cold
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup almond milk
- 1/2 cup ice water
For the filling:
- 5 pears, chopped
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/4 cup cane sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp all spice
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves
- 1/8 tsp cardamom
Instructions
- Make the crust: Start by making the crust. Use a food processor, working in two batches. Add 1.5 cups flour and 1/2 tsp salt to the food processor, then with the motor running, add 1/2 cup cold vegan butter followed by 2 tbsp maple syrup, 2 tbsp almond milk, and 4 tbsp ice water. Process until dough forms a ball. Remove dough and set aside. Repeat with remaining crust ingredients. Divide dough into two balls, one slightly larger than the other. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Make the filling: Preheat the oven to 400°. Heat coconut oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chopped pears, sprinkle cane sugar and chai spices (cinnamon, ground ginger, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom) over the pears. Cook for 5-8 minutes until pears are soft but not mushy. Remove from heat.
- Assemble the pie: Remove dough from refrigerator. Flour work surface and roll out the larger dough ball. Transfer to a greased pie pan and crimp edges. Pour pear filling into crust. Roll out the smaller dough ball for top crust. Place top crust over filling, brush with melted coconut oil or vegan butter, and sprinkle a little cane sugar on top.
- Bake the pie: Bake pie at 400° for 15 minutes, then reduce temperature to 375° and bake for an additional 40 minutes, until crust is golden and filling bubbles.
- Cool and serve: Transfer pie to a cooling rack and allow it to cool for 1 hour until slightly warm or room temperature. Serve with vanilla ice cream and enjoy!
Notes
- Calories are an estimation and are per slice of pie.
- If you don’t love chai spices, you can substitute by using 1 tsp cinnamon and omitting the other spices.
- Use cold vegan butter and ice water to ensure a flaky crust.
- Make sure the pears are soft but not mushy when cooking the filling to maintain texture.
- Chilling the dough helps prevent shrinking during baking.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 42 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg