vegan banoffee pie | hot for food by Lauren Toyota

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I have actually never had a banoffee pie in real life. Nor had I ever heard of it or knew what it was until sometime last year. They were popping up all over my Insta feed like smoothie bowls were going out of style. Unfortunately, that never happened and I continue to be tagged in about 10 smoothie bowls a day (why?). But since then, the word banoffee found its way deep into my consciousness. It’s finally the right time to break out own vegan version of this pie!

Since I’m all about baking for people no matter the occasion, my Mom always knows she’s getting something sweet on Mother’s Day! Luckily she has a sweet tooth and never seems to mind devouring my vegan creations. This year I went less traditional, and wanted to try something kinda trendy. The banoffee pie was in!

This pie has a crisp and sugary oat flour crust, a sticky creamy toffee filling, lotsa bananas, and coconut cream to top it all off. It’s highly addictive… and the perfect dessert for Mom this weekend!

I was having trouble with whipping coconut cream from scratch! Something weird is going on with certain products and I’ve never had trouble in the past.

I normally use Thai Kitchen full-fat Coconut Milk. I tried many cans of that plus a couple of other brands and they were all curdling and separating while whipping?!

Here’s my original recipe if you want to try it with a reliable brand of coconut cream or milk. Everyone tells me the Trader Joe’s coconut cream is perfection. Well, we don’t have TJ’s in Canada, dammit! I guess I need to make a big haul south of the border soon.

UPDATE: I’ve been using Savoy Brand Coconut Cream and it always works! Refrigerating the cans of cream is still absolutely necessary, but this product has virtually no milk or water in the bottom of the can so you get a lot out of this!

vegan banoffee pie

Ingredients

crust

2 C rolled oats (not quick cooking)1 C walnuts1/2 C packed brown sugar1/2 tsp sea salt1/2 C cold & cubed vegan butter

toffee filling

1 can full fat coconut milk1 C packed brown sugar1 tbsp tapioca flour1/4 tsp sea salt

extras

4 ripe bananas, sliced1 tsp lemon juice1 tub So Delicious Coco Whip (thawed in the fridge from frozen)2 tbsp roughly chopped dark chocolate

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F.Run the oats through a food processor until it’s a fine meal, like flour. Then add in walnuts, brown sugar, and sea salt. Run the machine again and through the feeding tube, add the cubes of cold butter a couple at a time. Once mixed, you should be able to pinch it together and it will hold.Dump the crust into a 9″ fluted pie pan with a removable bottom. Shake it to disperse it around the pan somewhat evenly, then begin pressing the crust in an even layer with your hands into the pan bottom and up the sides. Once it’s well pressed into the pan, place it in the freezer for 15 minutes to get it cold before baking it. Before placing the crust in the oven, prick holes into the surface of the crust with the prongs of a fork. Bake for 20 minutes or until the whole crust is a deeper golden color and the edges are just pulling away from the pan slightly. Place onto a wire rack to cool while still in the pan.While the crust is cooling, make the toffee filling by whisking all the ingredients together in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk constantly for about 13 to 15 minutes until thicker and sticking to the sides of the pot. Turn off the heat and set aside while you toss the sliced bananas with lemon juice in a bowl. Carefully remove the crust from the fluted pie pan onto a large plate or platter. Layer the bananas evenly in the crust and pour all the toffee over the top. Refrigerate this overnight.Add whipped topping only after the pie has set overnight. Spread a thick layer of coconut whip on top of the pie and leave a bit of a gap between the whip and the crust so you can see some toffee. Garnish with the roughly chopped chocolate. You could also slice another banana just before serving, and place slices around the edge of the whipped cream.

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