Gluten-Free Vegan Apple Galette

Last updated - July 11, 2021; Published - August 28, 2019 By Rhian Williams 12 Comments

This Gluten-Free Vegan Apple Galette is loaded with sweet, juicy, salted caramel-flavoured apples, subtly spiced with toasty cinnamon and enveloped in a crispy, flaky pastry crust!

A round galette filled with brown apples sprinkled with pistachio nuts against a sheet of brown baking paper

This Apple Galette is like a super easy version of an Apple Pie - it's easier because all you need to do is roll out the pastry, dump in the apples and wrap around the edges, but it has all the same flavours and textures! It's delicious served with some dairy-free vanilla ice cream or coconut yogurt.

Why you'll love this Gluten-Free Vegan Apple Pie:

it's undetectably vegan and gluten-free
it's refined sugar free
it's crispy and flaky
it's rich and "buttery"
it's comforting
it's not chewy, crumbly or dry
it's filled with soft, juicy apples
it's salty-sweet
it tastes like butterscotch
it's perfectly spiced and fragrant
it's super easy to make
the pastry dough doesn't require chilling beforehand
it's the perfect dessert for autumn/fall and holidays like Thanksgiving!

How to make this Gluten-Free Vegan Apple Pie

Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe.

Place the coconut oil, coconut sugar, apples, vanilla, cinnamon and salt in a pan.

Sliced raw apples with cinnamon and coconut sugar in a silver saucepan against a marble background

Leave to cook on a low heat, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes until soft.
Dissolve the cornflour in a tiny splash of water in a small bowl.
Once the apples have cooked completely, add the cornflour and water mixture and mix well.
Once the apples have thickened (takes about 30 seconds), turn off the heat.

Cooked brown sliced apples in a silver saucepan against a marble background

Tip: Leave to cool completely before transferring into the crust, otherwise the hot apple mixture will melt the crust.

Combine all the ingredients for the pastry dough in a glass mixing bowl until it forms a firm dough.

Tip: Add the water a few tablespoons at a time so that you don’t add too much!

Pastry dough in a glass mixing bowl against a marble background

Lay out a sheet of greased baking paper on a counter and use a rolling pin to roll out the pastry dough into an oval shape as thin as you can, making sure it’s smooth at the edges.

A circle of pastry dough rolled out on a sheet of brown baking paper

Pick up the baking paper and use it to transfer the sheet of pastry onto a rectangular baking tray.
Transfer the apple mixture onto the pastry, making sure it has cooled completely, otherwise the hot apple mixture will melt the crust.
Spread the apple mixture across the pastry, leaving a margin of about 1 inch (2cm) around the edges.

A sheet of raw pastry dough with brown cooked apples in the middle against a sheet of brown baking paper

Fold the margin of pastry crust over, by picking up the edges of the baking paper until the filling as been completely tucked into the pastry on all sides.

A raw apple galette against a sheet of brown baking paper

Use your fingers to carefully apply coconut sugar on top of the edges of the pastry, if desired.

A raw apple galette sprinkled with coconut sugar against a sheet of brown baking paper

Bake in oven for around 30 minutes, until the pastry crust is firm to the touch and golden brown.

Substitutions you can make to this recipe:

you can add some dried fruits to the filling such as raisins, chopped dates or dried cranberries
you can substitute the cornflour (cornstarch) with tapioca flour
you can replace the gluten-free flour with rice flour
you can replace the gluten-free flour with plain flour if you're not gluten-free.

How long does this Gluten-Free Vegan Apple Galette keep for?

This Apple Galette tastes best eaten warm from the oven but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.

A round galette filled with brown apples sprinkled with pistachio nuts with a slice cut out of it against a sheet of brown baking paper

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