Coffee Walnut Pie

Submitted by Miss Annie

"This pie filling has a wonderful coffee caramel flavor. It is very rich."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 1 Pie
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup heavy cream
• 1⁄2 cup strong coffee
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 9 inches unbaked pastry shells
• 1⁄4 cup broken walnuts

directions

1. Cream brown sugar and butter until well blended; add sugar and mix well.
2. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
3. Add salt, cream and coffee and mix well.
4. Cook over boiling water, stirring for 5 minutes.
5. Remove from water and stir in 1 cup walnuts and vanilla; pour into pastry shell.
6. Bake at 350ºF for 1 hour.
7. Scatter broken walnuts on top and bake 5 minutes more.
8. Cool.
9. NOTE: Pie will puff during baking and shrink slightly as it cools.

Reviews

[chia2160]

this was very tasty, reminiscent of pecan pie. my crust was totally hardened after an hour of cooking time, and the walnuts i added to the top didn't set. but when i cut into the pie later on the inside wasn't as set as i would have liked, rather runny. but the flavor was very good.