"Sinful" & Swirly Cinnamon Bun Pie

Just to clarify....this delicious recipe is NOT sinful. Yay! It's actually quite healthy in comparison to other desserts (not mine of course. You all know I like to "healthify" desserts). It is GLUTEN FREE and can be made VEGAN by using vegan cream cheese for the swirly icing  (such as Tofutti). 

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Ok I'm back. 
I couldn't resist the smell of warm and oh-so-sweet cinnamon wafting in my kitchen! Had to take a bite! Mmmmm mmmm good. 


ADD moment.....GO!
Today we took bugaboo to the zoo for the first time! 

It was HOT HOT HOT and we stayed for around 3 hours. Micah really enjoyed the animals and it was a fun day but man were my doggies barking after all that walking! (Next time I may wear tennis shoes instead of super cute sandals) 

Oh wait....what was I writing about? Oh yeah, "Sinful" & Swirly Cinnamon Bun Pie. Got a little distracted by that cutie pie...




Most of you know I gained a wonderful 60 pounds while pregnant with Micah and I'm trying to get back to pre-prego body the healthy way. This means I can have desserts (in moderation). Now that's what I'm talking about!


After all the walking today, I really wanted something sweet. After a little pintrest perusing, I decided on making the following...

"Sinful and Swirly Cinnamon Bun Pie"

with cream cheese frosting

   adapted from: Chocolate Covered Katie

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cans white or garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed

1 cup oats (or oat flour. same thing)

1/4 cup applesauce

2 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

3 T coconut or canola oil

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups raw sugar (if you are brave and don't have a super sweet tooth you could try 1 cup. That's what we did)

2 T cinnamon 

Directions: 

Blend all ingredients REALLY well in a FOOD PROCESSOR. If at all possible, don't use a blender. It doesn't blend the beans well. If that's all you've got, then do whatcha gotta do. :) Pour into a well greased pie pan (or whatever pan you have will probably do. You could make them "brownies" if you wanted). Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. 

while it is baking/cooling you can make the FROSTING!!!

Cinnamon Bun Frosting

adapted from Chocolate Covered Katie 

Ingredients:

1/4 cup silken-firm tofu (50g)

4 Tablespoons cream cheese (can use Tofutti brand to make it vegan)

1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract

2 Tbsp Almond, Soy, or any other non-dairy milk

1 Tbsp raw sugar

Directions: 

Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. 

and......

VOILA!!! DIG IN!

Oh did I forget to mention? Add as much icing as you want! Its only 10 calories per Tbsp!