Skip to main content

Oat Pastry Piecrust

Here’s a staple no-roll piecrust that’s assembled in minutes.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes one 9-inch crust

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups regular rolled oats (not quick cooking) ground to a fine meal in a food processor
1/2 cup sprouted spelt flour or whole wheat pastry flour
Pinch of salt
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup light agave nectar
1/4 cup water

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Lightly oil a 9-inch pie pan with canola oil spray. Mix the oats, flour, and salt in a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the canola oil, agave nectar, and water. Add the oil mixture to the flour mixture and stir to combine. Form a dough and let rest for 10 minutes.

    Step 2

    Press the dough into the prepared pie pan. Flute the edges of the piecrust by pinching the dough together with 2 fingers.

    Step 3

    To prebake the piecrust, preheat the oven to 325°F. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden.

Reprinted with permission from Baking with Agave Nectar: Over 100 Recipes Using Nature's Ultimate Sweetener by Ania Catalano. Copyright © 2008 by Ania Catalano; photography © 2008 by Lara Hata. Published by Celestial Arts, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Ania Catalano is a graduate of the Natural Gourmet School of Cooking in New York and the owner of the Gourmet Whole Foods Catering and Cooking School in Milford, Connecticut.
Read More
Like airy lemon chiffon cake and a Cadbury egg–inspired tart.
Turn humble onions into this thrifty yet luxe pasta dinner.
Like coconut lentil soup and chicken stroganoff.
A warmly spiced Ashkenazi charoset, perfect for your Passover seder—or spooned over yogurt the next morning.
Keep this easy frittata recipe on hand for quick breakfasts, impressive brunches, and fridge clean-out meals.
Put that half-full tub to use with recipes that go beyond the Italian American classics.
This one-pot dinner cooks chicken thighs directly on top of a bed of flavorful cilantro rice studded with black beans for a complete dinner.
Use this classic lemon curd on scones, in yogurt, or between layers of meringue.