Easy Paleo Pie Crust (Nut Free, Gluten Free, Grain Free)

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This nut-free paleo pie crust is perfect for sweet or savory recipes. It’s flaky and buttery and super easy to make!

nut free pie crust paleo

This paleo pie crust is so simple to make! You just combine 5 ingredients together in a food processor and press the dough into a pie dish. No need to roll anything out or make things complicated. Just blend in a food processor, press into a pie pan and bake. That’s it, really.

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paleo pie crust - nut free, grain free, gluten free

We learned about a year ago that my husband is allergic to almonds and so I’ve had to get pretty creative with my paleo baked goods. Well, this pie crust is nut free and picky husband approved. It’s surprisingly perfect. It’s so buttery and tasty and well, perfect.

It’s easy to mold with your fingers too – I mean, look at those crimps in the crust! I’m not good at crimping at all – the dough makes it easy. You can just press it up against the pie dish if you want – no need to try to be fancy. But if you want to be fancy, be fancy 🙂

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For this crust, I use a combination of tapioca flour (arrowroot works too) and coconut flour, a pinch of salt, cold butter/ghee and an egg. Together, these ingredients form the most delicious gluten free crust – one that everyone will enjoy.

nut free pie crust paleo

You can use this crust to make any type of sweet or savory pie! This is my go-to pie crust – here are few recipes that you can find on my blog that call for this crust:

gluten free chocolate pecan pie
gluten free pumpkin pie
broccoli cheddar quiche

I can’t wait to hear what you think of the crust and what you make with it!

Easy Paleo Pie Crust (Nut Free, Gluten Free, Grain Free)

nut free pie crust paleo

Easy Paleo Pie Crust (Nut Free, Gluten Free, Grain Free)

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Ingredients
 

  • 1 ¼ cup tapioca flour approx. 160 grams
  • ¼ cup coconut flour approx. 24 grams
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup cold butter 1 stick or cold ghee, cut into pieces
  • 1 egg

Instructions
 

  • Combine the flours and salt together in food processor, then add the butter and egg and mix until a dough forms. This will all happen right in the food processor.
  • Press dough into a 9-inch pie dish.
  • Bake at 350F for 15 mins or until browned OR fill the pie with a filling then bake according to the type of pie you are making (e.g. if you are making this pecan pie, you will need to bake for 45 minutes).

Notes

  • I have and am very happy with this food processor - if you're looking in the market for a new one 🙂
  • I've made this crust many (many) times and normally never weigh my ingredients. I use the dip/scoop method to measure flours, however at the request of my blog readers I am working on adding precise measurements to my baking recipes. I personally don't think you need to do this (at least not with my recipes) but have included the information for those who prefer it.
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  1. Hannah says

    4 stars
    This pie crust is absolutely great and kosher for Passover!! Unfortunately, I found out the hard way coconut flour doesn’t sit with me well. I’ll try subbing it out with hazelnut or almond flour next time. I get the feeling there’s enough tapioca flour to bind a quarter cup of anything into it…

  2. Max P. says

    5 stars
    This is a fantastic pie crust that I have made several times. However, I do not press the dough into the pie pan, I roll it out between two pieces of wax or parchment paper. Has anyone tried to substitute coconut oil for the butter to make it dairy free? Thanks!

    • Rhondalee says

      Botanically speaking, a coconut is a fibrous one-seeded drupe, also known as a dry drupe. However, when using loose definitions, the coconut can be all three: a fruit, a nut, and a seed. My son can eat coconut but not almonds 🙂

  3. Katie Diamond says

    A nut-free pie crust is just what I’ve been looking for! I’m allergic to almonds and eggs… Do you think this recipe could take an egg replacer, or no? Baking with egg substitutes is such a gamble, I figured it can’t hurt to ask!

    Thank you!

  4. Marie says

    This crust came out great! I’ve made it twice in the past week. I don’t have a mixer so I just used my hands. Can it be made with a chia seed “egg” instead of a real egg?

  5. Louise Gagne says

    5 stars
    What an awesome pie crust. I’ve been looking for a very long time for one that meets my expectations, and this one did that and more. The hubby quite enjoyed it as well. Reminiscent of shortbread and quite acceptable.
    Think I’ll try it with Palm Shortening next time to see how it works out. Used my Paleo butter called Melt here in Canada (also available in the US, very like Earth Balance, or Smart Balanced) and it tasted great.
    Have our Thanksgiving coming up and can’t wait to make my Pumpkin pies now!
    Thank you so much.
    God bless you for all your hard work.
    Blessings, Louise

  6. Jedidiah Myshak says

    Hey can this be made without a good processor? I made it several times with my food processor and LOVE the recipe but my food processor broke 💔 and I really really want to make it again.

    • My Heart Beets says

      I’m so glad you love this crust! Sorry to hear about your food processor. While I haven’t tried mixing this dough by hand, I’m sure it’s possible (though it may be an arm workout). Please let me know how it goes!

  7. Helene says

    5 stars
    Wow this is the nicest lightest crust I have ever made
    I made a savoury pie
    This will be a stable at my house
    Already planning a sweet pie🤣
    Thank you so much for the recipes
    All your recipes I made have been a big success
    Xxxx❤️

  8. Riya Pillair says

    5 stars
    Hello Ashley, Could you suggest an alternative for Tapioca flour. Want to make pie for spouse who is trying to do Keto. TIA.

    • My Heart Beets says

      Hi Riya, I don’t know of a keto-friendly flour that would work the same way that tapioca flour or arrowroot flour do. I would try an all nut crust. This is one that I used to make before we found out about my husband’s almond allergy: combinine 2 cups almond flour, 2 tablespoons ghee/butter, 1 egg and salt. Hope that helps 🙂

  9. Lauren says

    Can you make this with palm shortening (like Nutiva’s) instead of the butter or ghee? Hoping to try this out later today! I made a grain free crust earlier today that used almond flour and unfortunately after eating it, I can tell almonds don’t sit well with me. I am excited to try this recipe out!

    • My Heart Beets says

      Hi Lauren! I haven’t tried this pie crust with palm shortening but I’m familiar with it and don’t see why it wouldn’t work in this. I’ve used palm shortening in place of butter in other recipes in the past and it has been fine. If you try this, please let me know what you think!

      • Lauren says

        Hi Ashley!
        Thanks for the response! I did try the palm shortening with this recipe and it worked pretty well! I did need to add another egg as my dough was very crumbly, but I’m chalking that up to using small eggs and not having a large enough food processor. I also used sugar in place of the salt. It came out like a shortbread cookie! Thanks for the recipe 😊

  10. Wendy says

    5 stars
    Thanks for this recipe, I really needed something gluten free & nut free; the fact it’s grain free is even better! It’s messy to make (pressing it into the pie plate) but it turns out so well. This time I used Kerrygold grass fed butter and it was even better than usual! Thank you!!

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