14 delicious pie crust recipes – all vegan (dairy-free & egg-free), most are nut-free and two even gluten-free! Vegan pie crusts made with aquafaba, red palm or coconut oil, cocoa butter or olive oil, raw nut butter or nut flour.

I tried all the vegan pie crust recipes and they were delicious! Of course, they’re different than butter-based pie crusts: The coconut pie crust tastes of coconut, the cocoa butter pie crust tastes of chocolate and the almond pie crust tastes slightly of almonds. The boiled pie crust and the pasta dough pie crust aren’t as flaky as a pie crust made with butter. The chickpea flour pie crust is only for savory pies and the palm oil pie crust is bright yellow!

My favorite vegan pie crusts are the aquafaba pie crust, the hazelnut pie crust and the pie crust with soy milk and lemon juice. The aquafaba and soy milk lemon pie crusts are just as flaky as an all-butter pie crust and they have a neutral taste – perfect for all kinds of pies! And the hazelnut is delicious with fruit pies, such as blackberry pie, apple pie or juneberry pie, and if you have pie dough leftover you can turn it into hazelnut cookies or dog treats.

 

 

 

10+ Vegan Pie Crust Recipes

The following recipes make enough for one pie crust. If you want a top crust too, just double the recipe.

When the pie crust is ready, roll out the pie crust on a floured surface or press the dough into the pie pan with the back of a spoon. Bake the vegan pie crusts in a preheated oven at 350°F (180°C) for about 30 minutes.

 

 

Aquafaba Vegan Pie Crust

Aquafaba is the cooking water of chickpeas and other legumes. You can use the liquid from a can of chickpeas or make aquafaba at home which is really easy.

-> How To Make Aquafaba At Home

• 1 cup flour
• 3 – 4 tbsp homemade aquafaba
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil – such as sunflower oil or olive oil
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• pinch of salt

With your fingertips, rub together flour, oil, salt and baking powder until the mixture looks crumbly. Then knead in the aquafaba. Add cold water if necessary.

 

 

Vegan Pie Crust With Soy Milk & Lemon Juice

• 1 cup flour
• 2 – 3 tbsp soy milk
• 1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil – such as sunflower oil or olive oil
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• pinch of salt

Knead together all ingredients. Add cold water if necessary.

 

 

Hazelnut Pie Crust

• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup hazelnuts
• 2 – 4 tbsp cold water
• pinch of salt

Grind the hazelnuts in a food processor until creamy. Knead together flour, hazelnut butter and salt. Then knead in the water. Roll out the dough on a floured surface.

 

 

Oil-Based Vegan Pie Crust

• 1 cup flour
• 4 tbsp vegetable oil – such as sunflower oil or olive oil
• 2 tbsp cold water

Rub together flour and oil using your fingertips. Then knead in the cold water. Add more water if necessary.

 

 

Cocoa Butter Vegan Pie Crust

• 1 cup flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa butter
• 1 tbsp sunflower oil
• 3 – 4 tbsp cold water

Melt the cocoa butter. Then rub together flour, cocoa butter and oil using your fingertips. Knead the water into the dough.

 

 

Red Palm Oil Vegan Pie Crust

A bright yellow pie crust.

• 1 cup flour
• 3 tbsp red palm oil
• 2 – 3 tbsp cold water
• pinch of salt

Rub together flour, salt and red palm oil. Then knead in the water.

 

 

Almond Meal Vegan Pie Crust – Victorian Recipe

• 1 cup flour
• 2/3 cup almond meal or almond flour
• 1/2 cup cold water
• a pinch of salt

‘Mix the flour and almond meal thoroughly together, add water and salt, and knead but not long. This is sufficient for one two-crusted pie.’ (Guide For Nut Cookery, 1898)

Victorian Homemade Almond Meal: ‘Blanch the almonds the same as directed for making almond butter. Then dry them in the oven or where it is real warm, taking care not to scorch. When very dry, chop fine by putting through a meat-chopper or mill; return to the oven, and dry very slowly and thoroughly. When cold, grind through the meat-chopper again or through a loosely adjusted nut-butter mill.’ (Guide For Nut Cookery, 1898)

 

 

Raw Nut-Butter Vegan Pie Crust – Victorian Recipe

• 1 cup flour
• 2 tbsp raw nut butter – such as peanut butter, almond butter or hazelnut butter
• 1/4 cup cold water
• salt to taste

‘Rub the butter with the flour, add salt and water, and knead lightly. […] The roasted butter can be used in the same way, but it makes a dark crust.’ (Guide For Nut Cookery, 1898)

Victorian Homemade Raw Almond Butter: Soak almond ‘in boiling water from two to five minutes; then the skins become loose and can be pinched off by pressing on the nut with the thumb and finger; the skin will crack and the kernel pop out. […] They must then be dried in the oven until quite crisp, but the oven must not be hot, or they will brown. Then run them through a loosely adjusted mill or a sausage grinder, and place on a cloth stretched over the stove until perfectly dry; then grind them in the nut-butter mill, quite tightly adjusted.’ (Guide For Nut Cookery, 1898)

 

 

Coconut Oil Vegan Pie Crust – Victorian Recipe

• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1/2 cup cold water
• pinch of salt

‘Warm the cocoanut-oil, and thoroughly rub it with the flour; then add the water and salt, and knead enough to roll out well.’ (Guide For Nut Cookery, 1898)

 

 

Mrs. Gen. Lee’s Boiled Pastry – Victorian Recipe

• 1 cup flour
• boiling water
• pinch of salt

‘Take any amount of flour you wish to use. Add a little salt. Pour on this, directly from the tea-kettle, water which is actually boiling at the time. Use enough to mix into a moderately stiff dough. Roll out the paste on a floured bread-board […] This is very delicate, and will hurt no one, as no shortening is used for it.’ (How To Cook Well, 1886)

 

 

Pasta Dough Vegan Pie Crust

• 1/4 cup semolina
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1/4 tsp salt

Knead together all ingredients.

 

 

 

 

Pie Crust Recipes – Vegan & Gluten-Free

Sunflower Seeds Gluten-Free Pie Crust

• 3/4 cup ground sunflower seeds (or hazelnuts)
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
• pinch of salt
• 1/4 cup cold water

Rub together cornstarch, ground sunflower seeds and xanthan gum. Then knead in the water and salt.

 

 

Chickpea Flour Grain Free Pie Crust

For savory pies.

• 1 cup chickpea flour
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil – such as sunflower or olive oil
• 1/4 cup cold water
• pinch of salt

Rub together chickpea flour and oil. Then knead in the water.

 

 

Last Minute Pie For Unexpected Guests

‘Make a rich pie crust, and line pie tins, or saucers; prick several times with a fork and bake in a quick oven.

Put away in a stone jar, or in a bread box, and when needed fill with cranberry sauce, apple sauce or any kind of canned fruit. Heat through in the oven, which may be done by putting the crust in a pie tin. Or make a custard of any kind, put one of the shells in a pie tin, fill with the custard and bake. These are convenient for an emergency.’ (Three Meals A Day, 1902)

 

 

Vegan & Dairy-Free Pie Filling Ideas

• Cherry Pie – Vegan

• Strawberry Custard Pie – Dairy-Free

• Juneberry Pie – Vegan

• Orange Meringue Pie – Dairy-Free

• Mock Cream Pie (Also Called Flapper Pie) – Dairy-Free

• Raspberry Cream Pie – Dairy-Free

 

 

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