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Black Walnut Pie

Servings 1 pie

Equipment

  • Baking sheet
  • Pastry cloth
  • 9-inch Pyrex pie pan

Ingredients

  • 1 recipe Pie Crust for One-Crust Pie
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 cups black walnuts, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted cultured butter, melted

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350° F.
  • Roll out pie crust pastry and place in pie pan, making extra-high, fluted rim.
  • In large mixing bowl, lightly beat eggs by hand.
  • Add lemon juice, corn syrup, vanilla, brown sugar, nuts, and butter.
  • Stir by hand long enough to begin dissolving sugar but not enough to incorporate air into filling. Do not beat.
  • Pour mixture into pie crust.
  • Bake on cookie sheet until center of pie no longer is loose and nuts are browned, approx. 1 hour.
  • Let pie come to room temperature before cutting.

Notes

Adapted from the Hammons Products Company's Black Walnut Pie.