Vegan Pecan Pie

Preparation info
  • Makes

    one

    9 inch pie
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Pie for Everyone: Recipes and Stories from Petee's Pie, New York's Best Pie Shop

By Petra Paredez

Published 2020

  • About

When creating vegan recipes, it’s helpful to be flexible and think outside the box. My regular pecan pie has the distinct flavor of brown butter and honey, both of which are nonvegan ingredients, so I don’t try to replicate it. Instead, this vegan pecan pie uses coconut oil and maple syrup while tapioca flour takes on the role of thickener, replacing eggs. A bit of almond milk and plenty of pecans imbue the pie with nuttiness. Does it taste like my regular pecan pie? Nope. Does it satisfy a