Name: Amazingly Delicious Date Fruit Pie
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 cup pitted dates; 1½ cups cups walnuts (or pecans); 1 tsp vanilla extract; ½ cup shredded coconut; ½ tsp cinnamon; Sliced fresh fruit for topping

By LeAnne Campbell, PhD

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Loaded with fresh fruit, this amazingly easy-to-make dessert with a no-bake pie crust will brighten any table. This recipe is from The China Study Cookbook: Over 120 Whole Food, Plant-Based Recipes.

Prep: 25 mins Total: 25 mins Yield: 8 servings

Gluten Free Raw Soy Free

Ingredients

1 cup pitted dates
1½ cups cups walnuts (or pecans)
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ cup shredded coconut
½ tsp cinnamon
Sliced fresh fruit for topping

Instructions

1. Blend all crust ingredients in a food processor at high speed until a paste forms.
2. Press into a pie pan and chill until ready to add fruit.
3. Arrange fruit on top of pie.
4. Cool for 1 hour before serving.

Cooking Tips

1. Use a variety of fresh fruit for topping (strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches, bananas, grapes, pineapple, mangoes, pomegranates, kiwis, etc.)