Sweet Potato Pie bites with A Nut crust and Maple Glaze, from Sneak Peak post

Here is my improved recipe from my 'sneak peak' post.

First make your own nut cream! This replaces the butter, cream or cream cheese that is often used in Sweet Potato Pie. If you don't have the time or patients to do this use a pre-bought vegan yogurt/cream, however it is much more satisfying to make your own.

Almond Vegan Cream

Ingredients
1/2 cup of raw almonds (cashews work aswell)
1  pitted date
1 tsp of vanilla
Water

-Soak your almonds for 3-4 hours or over night.
-Drain and add to a food processor along with the date and just enough water to cover the almonds. BLITZ!
- Once the mixture has created a smooth consistency pass through a sieve removing most the pulp. Because your not using a cheese cloth or a finer strainer as you would if you were making almond milk you get the consistency of double cream. Add vanilla and store in a air tight tub in the fridge till needed.

Sweet Potato Pie bites with A Nut crust and Maple Glaze

Ingrediants

Crust
1 cup of pecans
1/2 cup of cashews
5 soaked dates
1 tbsp of maple syrup
1/2 tsp of salt
1 tsp of cinamon
1 tsp of ground ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 oats
1/4 oat bran

- In a food processor blitz together pecans, cashews, and dates. Once the mixture looks like sticky dread crumbs place in a bowl and mix in other ingredients.
-In a square pan firmly spread mixture pressing it into the sides and corners to it resembles a crust.
-Bake at 180 Degrees Celsius till lightly golden and crisped. Set aside...

Filling
1 1/2 large sweet potato
1/2 cup of Almond vegan cream (or vegan yogurt/cream)
5-6 tbsp of maple syrup
 1 tsp of cinamon
1 tsp of ground ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp of grated lemon zest
1 tsp of vanilla extract
pinch of salt

- Cook sweet potatoes (microwave of oven roast them) until flesh is tender. Leave to cool and peal away skin and add flesh to a medium mixing bowl.
-Mash the sweet potato of blitz with a hand blender till it is a smooth puree.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Fill your nut crust with the mixture and smooth out the top.
- Bake at 180 Degrees Celsius till the top is slightly golden, about 10 mins tops.

Glaze
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 tsp of vanila

- Heat your ingredients in a small pan, when your pie is our the ovens spoon the heated glaze over the top and tilt the pan around to the glaze has full coverage.
- Switch your oven to grill and broil your pie for 5 mins maximum s not to burn your pie.

- Leave your pie to cool then remove and cut into squares. Voila!

Crumbly crust beware

Hozaaa!!!!!!

Served with soya yogurt and sprinkle of Cinnamon, fancy.

Enjoy Amigos