Coffee Walnut Pie

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

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

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.