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This Low Calorie Pie Crust is made with just 3 healthy ingredients. An easy healthy pie crust that can be used for desserts, quiches and more. No rolling required! A healthy gluten free pie crust recipe that’s lower in calories and vegan friendly.
Well friends, I must saw if you’re looking for the world’s BEST healthy pie crust recipe you came to the right place today because I have a winner for you. It’s so simple I feel silly sharing it with you.
Since I’ve been testing all the recipes for my low calorie cookbook (releasing June 2020), I’ve been playing a lot with oats. Oats are perfect for low calorie eating as they’re naturally low calorie and high fiber which is proven to flush fat. And, you can get them gluten free too!
So… if you’ve been searching for an easy healthy pie shell recipe I’ve got you covered! If not, I print and store this recipe away for a rainy day.
Low Calorie Pie Crust
Made egg free and dairy free with gluten free oats, this is the best healthy pie crust recipe you will ever make! No rolling required or buying another odd flour to clutter up your pantry. Just regular oats blended into flour.
The best part? It’s only made with 3 ingredients!
What You Need
- Gluten Free Rolled Oats
- Olive Oil
- Coconut Sugar
- Salt
- Water
- 9-inch pie crust
How to make your oat crust
It’s so easy to make a low-calorie pie crust.
Start by blending the oats in a blender two minutes until a flour forms then stirring the flour, sugar and salt together in a bowl. Next make a well in the bowl, add the olive oil and stir until crumbly. Then add the water until the dough becomes moist.
How to store and cook your healthy pie shell
Store the pie shell in the refrigerator wrapped in plastic wrap or you can press evenly into a pie pan and store it like that until you’re ready to bake it.
You can also bake the homemade pie crust, let it cool to room temperature then store in the refrigerator. I’ve done either method and both work fine. This really is a no fuss crust!
What to make with easy healthy pie crust
This low calorie pie crust is extremely versatile and so much better than store bought pie crusts! You can use it for baking desserts or savory breakfast. Pies and quiches is what I have in mind for this healthy recipe, but I know many of you will find creative ways to use it!
If you do find a creative use for it, please comment below and let others in this community know. Happy Baking!
Healthy Low Calorie Pie Crust
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Gluten Free Rolled Oats, or regular rolled oats
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus more for greasing the pie dish
- 2 teaspoon coconut sugar, or sugar of choice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Prepare a 9-inch pie dish by greasing with olive oil.
- Blend the oats in a blender or food processor 2-3 minutes until it becomes a flour mixture.
- Transfer blended oats to a mixing bowl and stir with sugar and salt to combine.
- Make a well in the center of the mixture, add olive oil and stir until crumbly. Add 4 tablespoons of water, one tablespoon at time to the mixture, while stirring until the dough becomes slightly moist and sticky.
- The batter may still fall apart, but will stick together easily if you pinch it together. If it doesn't, add 1-2 tablespoons of water more.
- Press the dough into the prepared pie dish. Press it flat and even across the bottom and up the sides.
- You can either 1) store the unbaked pie shell in the refrigerator in the pan until you're ready to bake a pie or 2) bake it at 375 F for 10 minutes until golden brown. If you bake it ahead of time, you can bake a pie in it after it cools or store the pie crust in the refrigerator up to 10 days until you make a pie.
Notes
- I haven’t tried freezing the dough, but I suspect you could. If you try that, please leave a comment below. This helps others!
- I do not recommend using oats other than rolled oats or oat flour purchased from the store.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This has been my go-to pie crust for at least a year now, especially for quiches. I love the texture it adds and how easy/mess free it is to make. I leave out the sugar when making it for a quiche and often sub in butter for the olive oil because I’m willing to make it a little less healthy for the added flavor of butter : P
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Would this work as a pizza crust?
The texture is more adjacent to a graham cracker crust in terms of being a firm and crumbly, so I don’t think it would make an amazing alternative for a pizza crust
I’m so happy I found this pie crust recipe. I’ve made it twice in 2 days. I wanted an alternative to white flour and more hearty than almond flour. Followed the recipe exactly as written. Very easy.
I’ve used the pie crust both times with Megan’s Healthy Caramel Pecan Pie recipe, the oat flour compliments the pie so well. I’ll be trying the 2nd pie today with the caramel sauce since I’m bringing it for a family dinner.
I used this for pumpkin pie and subbed olive oil for coconut oil. It was amazing! Thanks for the recipe!
I was wondering if coconut oil would give the same results thanks for the response it helps a lot!!
I have not tried it. It will likely work, but it will need to be warmed first then cooled slightly vs. using solid coconut oil. It will also make the pie crust taste like coconut. The benefit of using olive oil is it is a neutral flavor.
can you use avocado oil instead of olive oil?
I have not tried it, but I imagine you could.
Any idea if it would work for hand pies?
I’m sorry but 1/4 cup of olive oil and you call this low calorie? That alone is around 500kcal. If you add the oats and the rest (which is around another 500kcal), that is certainly not a low calorie crust (I don’t say it’s not healthy, but healthy is not always low in calories…).
This pie crust is a low calorie crust at 120 calories PER SLICE. Per nutritional guidelines, this is considered a low calorie recipe. If you were eating the entire pie crust then it would certainly not be low calorie. I don’t know what your definition is of low calorie, but it is not a healthy one if you believe 120 calories for one slice is too many calories.
I’ve lost over 50 lbs this year. Hoping to loose another 50 in the next 6 to 8 months. My AlC is critically high. I’ve got old fashioned rolled oats already on hand. I do not cook much anymore, but I am cooking for a church party for Christmas. I am making a healthier version of cheesecake with Stevia. If I use your recipe with the old fashioned oats and add cinnamon and ginger and and substitute 2 tsp of brown sugar instead of coconut sugar and toast it in the oven…do you think the oats would be cooked enough for a no bake cheesecake?
Turned out perfectly!!!! Thank you! I’ll use this a ton I’m sure!