The good thing about making little bite size pies, is that if you eat the whole pie...you
don't really have to feel that bad about it.
Hi it’s Emily from BiteSizeVegan and welcome
to another vegan nugget- in my kitchen! It’s a Christmas miracle!
Now I say that because it's not very often that you see me outside of my little blue box that I've recently been
filming so many of my videos in. But, today's video is part of a Cruelty-Free Christmas
Collab between me and eight other channels. Now the last collab I put together was the
epically ethical thanksgiving dinner and you guys seemed to just eat that right up!
Ha...eat it up. Cause it was about food.
So this time around I thought I’d try my hand at a recipe,
which is not my strong suit. If you missed the intro video to this whole collaboration
shebang, watch it here! Or is it..no it's here. Because it’s fun to start at the beginning...when
you’re OCD like me!
If you know me, you know I like to keep things really simple- and my last recipe video of
raw vegan pecan pies certainly made that evident. Today’s recipe video is going to be a little
more complex. But not too much.
Today we’re going to make a banana cream date pie and I’ll share with you several
different variations of this recipe. Some are raw vegan, and some are a little more
in the raw till four category. Ooby has joined us in the kitchen. Come here. Do you want
to say hi? She's scrounging around to see if she can get in on our banana cream action.
You have to be patient. Alright, let's get on to the pies! Now your typical banana cream
pie contain eggs and butter- both byproducts of severe animal suffering. And ingredients
that are not too kind on your insides. Plus those recipes are pretty complex to make,
at least compared to what I do. SO there's that added element of animal suffering with
all the work you have to put into them. And yes I did just...call you an animal. But my
recipe is cruelty-free on all fronts, including you! So let’s get to the ingredient.
All you need for the raw vegan version of this is bananas, dates, and pie tins. You
can do either do a full size pie or rock it out bite-size style with a mini-pie.
For the more raw till four version, you can add whichever kind of vegan milk you want
and graham crackers to your list of ingredients- as long as they aren’t honey graham crackers.
And yes, there's a reason for that.
Now I’ve tried making this pie a variety of ways and there is the eat-it-now version
and a wait-a-bit version. I'm sure you know which version I prefer.
For the eat-it-now version, you’ll want your bananas to be pre-frozen.
So now let’s prepare our pie tins. Now there are two different directions you can go with
this- if you want to go more classic taste to your pie and you're not a strict 80/10/10
raw vegan, you can use a graham cracker crust. This one comes pre-made. And I made sure that
it's not ones that contains honey or any animal byproducts. And for your raw vegan crust,
take some of your dates, remove the pit, and tear them in half. Then use the halved dates
to line the pie tin.
Now it’s time to make your pie filling. For the eat-it-now version, grab your frozen
bananas and you can use either a blender or a food processor, whichever one you have and
are more comfortable with. Now as far as how many to use, you can just kind of eyeball
however bit your pie tin is. If you're going to be making a full size pie, your going to
want more. I'm just going to be making one of the mini pies to show you. If you want
a more classic cream taste to your banana cream pie, this is where you can add some
of your chosen vegan milk- and particularly if you use a vanilla flavored style, you're
going to have a sweeter taste. If you want to stay on the more 80/10/10 raw vegan side
of things, just add a little water. And another option if you really want to sweeten up the
filling of your pie, you can add some dates to the mix of your filling up to your sweetness
preference.
Blend it all up. And now you have your pie filling! Simply pour it into your pie tins
and you can dive right in there! If you want to save some for later- maybe you’ve made
a big pie! You can store them in the freezer in an airtight storage container. That is
also what you can do for the eat-it-later versions. And you make those simply by following
the exact same steps but using fresh bananas and pouring those into your pie tins and then
leaving them in the freezer until they're hard enough and chilled to serve.
So here's the real testament- let's do a taste test. This is one with banana and date filling
and I actually left the dates a little chunkier in this one. With a date lined crust.
Yeah..that's good stuff. These are so sweet and delicious little treats. And they're good
for you!
I hope you enjoyed this simple bite-size banana cream pie recipe. Feel free to try all of
the different versions that I talked to you about and make up some of your own. And definitely
let me know how they turn out! You can even send me a photo on Instagram @BiteSizeVegan.
Now head on over to see the rest of the Cruelty-Free Christmas Collab videos for more tasty ideas
for your holiday feast! You can simply click on the playlist link here or in the video
description below. Give the video a thumbs up if it got your mouth watering and please
share it around to spread the vegan tastiness. If you’re new, I’d love to have you as
a subscriber, just hit that bit red button down there! Now go head over to the playlist
for all the delicious, decadent details! And have yourselves a wonderful humane holiday.
I'll see you soon. Really soon if you go watch my recipe video. It's like immediate. So I'll
see you immediate. Doesn't sound as good. Happy holidays!