Region: Africa

Region – Africa 🌍

Paleo – The only ingredients from the original recipe that are Paleo are walnuts, maple syrup, and salt.  Therefore, there are a lot of substitutes and a few liberties.

FODMAP – This isn’t an issue for us. ✅ No issues

Macros – This is an issue for us. 🙁 The numbers are high in both the fat and the carbs.  Plan ahead to have a balanced day.

Servings, Ingredients, & Steps

Servings – 16
You can cut these however you want though, so if you want to make more servings or less, then do so.  For parties, I cut them in roughly an inch square for bite size mouthfuls.

Ingredients –

For the crust
1 cup of almond flour or you can use all-purpose gluten free flour.
½ cup of unsalted butter
2 tablespoons of dark coconut sugar or regular coconut sugar
¼ cup of almonds

For the filling
½ cup of walnuts
2 eggs
1 cup of dark coconut sugar or regular coconut sugar
½ cup of room temperature unsalted butter
2 tablespoons of maple syrup
½ teaspoon of baking powder
½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon of salt

Steps –
For the crust
1 – Preheat the oven 350° then butter and lightly flour a medium size baking pan, about 8 or 9 inches.
2 – Using a medium size mixing bowl, add all of the crust ingredients and mash together with your hands.  Then press it into the bottom of the pan.  Bake it for 5 minutes and then pull it out and set it aside.

For the filling
3 – Using a food processor, pulse the walnuts.
4 – using the same medium-size mixing bowl from the crust, add all of the filling ingredients, and stir together.  Then pour it evenly over the crust. Bake it for 20 minutes and then pull it out to let it cool before cutting into it.

Helpful hints – Plan to share this.  It is a rich dessert and way too much for one family.  It’s great for office potlucks, dinner parties, or holidays. I make this instead of a pecan pie.

Nutrition Facts

Calories – 174
Protein – 4
Carbohydrates – 17
Fat – 10

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