Mini Vegan Baklava Cups

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Mini Vegan Baklava Cups are a healthy version of baklava with an oat and almond flour base and a filling made with walnuts and pistachios with flavors of cinnamon, cloves, and orange zest.

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 15

Servings: cups

Author: Shweta

Ingredients

For the base:

1 cup oat flour;, use gluten-free oats if allergic to gluten
½ cup almond flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ cup coconut oil
2 tablespoons of maple syrup
Pinch of salt

For the Filling:

2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 tablespoons pistachios
½ cup walnuts
½ teaspoon cloves
¼ cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon orange zest
Pinch of salt;, omit if you're using salted pistachios

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Combine all ingredients of the base in a small bowl.
In a silicone mini muffin pan, scoop about 1 tablespoon of the base. Push a teaspoon or use your thumb to make room for the filling. If you don't have a silicone mini muffin pan, you may use a regular one, just grease with some coconut oil.
Finely grind the cloves into a powder form. Then, roughly crush the walnuts and pistachios to tiny pieces. Be careful not to grind too much otherwise your mixture will be like a paste versus crumbly. Add the cinnamon and pinch of salt.
In another small bowl, zest the orange peel and combine with maple syrup. Add about 3 tablespoons of the syrup mixture to the nut mixture and combine. Set the remaining tablespoon of syrup aside for later use.
Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until biscuit base starts turning a golden brown.
Remove from oven and drizzle the cups with the remaining maple syrup and orange zest mixture while still hot in the pan.
Let the cups cool completely before removing from the molds. Enjoy these adorable little baklava cups at room temperature!

Notes

To make oat flour, take rolled oats and grind them finely into a powder.
You can use any coffee grinder to make the cloves powdery or you can use clove powder. Cardamom is another alternative to clove, I just prefer clove better!

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