Vegan Pecan Pie Bars
These easy vegan pecan pie bars are the best parts of pecan pie in hand held form! Make them as big or small as you want! Great for holidays!
Servings: 16 bars
Calories: 461kcal
Equipment
- 9 Inch Pie Pan
Ingredients
For the Vegan Crust
- ¾ cup vegan butter, melted
- ¼ cup vegan sugar
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
For the Vegan Pecan Pie Filling
- ½ cup vegan butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup vegan sugar
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 2 cans unsweetened full fat coconut milk (can sub for oat milk)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup arrowroot powder (can sub cornstarch)
- ¼ cup ground flaxseed
- 2 cups pecans, roughly chopped
- Optional, Whole Pecans for topping
Instructions
For the Vegan Crust
- Turn oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 8x8 pan.
- In a bowl, combine melted butter, sugar, maple syrup, vanilla, and salt.
- Add the flour and combine well until a dough forms.
- Add dough into pan and spread it out into one even layer.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until edges slightly brown. Remove and set aside.
For the Pecan Pie Filling
- In a saucepan, add in the butter, sugars, maple syrup, coconut milk, vanilla and salt. Whisk until smooth.
- Add arrowroot powder 1 tablespoon at a time and whisk throughly after each.
- When mixture begins to thicken, turn off the heat and whisk in flaxseed. Add the pecans and stir together. Pour mixture into crust.
- Bake for 40-50 minutes. Will be slightly jiggly when removing.
- Carefully arrange whole pecans on top if desired.
- Place on a baking rack and let cool completely.
- Place in fridge to set overnight (minimum 4 hours).
Notes
*See post for notes about Top 8 Allergy Free variation
**Nutritional facts are just estimates. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates.
Nutrition
Serving: 1bar | Calories: 461kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Sodium: 234mg | Potassium: 239mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 681IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 3mg
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