NO-BAKE VANILLA BEAN CHEESECAKE WITH CHOCOLATE GANACHE (GLUTEN FREE, PALEO + VEGAN)

Ingredients
For the graham cracker crust

• ½ cup raw walnuts
• ½ cup almond flour
• 2 pitted dates
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt

For the cheesecake

• 2 cups raw cashews soaked in cold for at least six hours or preferably overnight (see Notes)
• ½ cup canned coconut milk shaken
• ¼ cup coconut oil melted and cooled (use refined coconut oil if you want no coconut flavor)
• ⅓ cup pure maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon vanilla bean powder
• For the chocolate ganache
• 3 oz. dark chocolate I used 72%
• 1/3 cup canned coconut milk

Instructions

1. Grease a 6” springform pan with coconut oil, or line an 6” cake pan with strips of parchment paper for easy removal, and grease well with coconut oil. Set aside.
2. Add the walnuts, almond flour, pitted dates, coconut oil, cinnamon and salt to a food processor or high-powered blender and pulverize until it comes together into a sort of sticky dough, with small walnut bits remaining. 
3. Don’t over process, or it’ll turn into nut butter! Press the date dough evenly along the bottom of the prepared pan.
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