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Greek Walnut Pie

A double-crust pie filled with cinnamon-spiced walnuts and butter, soaked in honey-lemon syrup and topped with sweet whipped cream.

Yield12 servings
Prep25 mins
Total4 hrs 15 mins
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Greek Walnut Pie

Ingredients

Pie

  • 1 box (14.1 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury Pie Crusts (2 count), softened as directed on box
  • 2½ cups finely chopped walnuts
  • ¼ cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ¾ cup butter or margarine, melted, cooled
  • ¾ cup honey
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Topping

  • ½ pint (1 cup) heavy whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

  1. Heat oven to 325°F. Spray a 9-inch glass pie pan with cooking spray. Make the pie crusts as directed on the box for a Two-Crust Pie using the sprayed pie pan.
  2. In a medium bowl, mix the walnuts, brown sugar, 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, and the cinnamon. Pour and evenly spread ¼ cup of the cooled melted butter over the bottom of the pie crust. Spread the walnut mixture evenly over the butter. Drizzle another ¼ cup butter over the nut mixture.
  3. Top with the second crust; seal the edge and flute. Cut large slits in several places in the top crust for steam to escape. Drizzle the remaining ¼ cup butter evenly over the top crust.
  4. Bake at 45 to 55 minutes or until golden brown. About 5 minutes before removing the pie from the oven, in a 1-quart saucepan, cook the honey and lemon juice over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the mixture has a watery consistency.
  5. Remove the pie from the oven; place on a wire rack. Slowly pour the hot honey mixture evenly over the top of the hot pie, making sure it seeps into the slits in the top crust. Cool at least 3 hours before serving.
  6. Just before serving, in a small bowl with an electric mixer, beat the topping ingredients on high speed about 2 minutes or until stiff peaks form. Spoon the topping onto individual servings of pie.

Recipe from pillsbury.com