Recipe for "National Nut Day"

Well, here I am again, this time combining "National Dessert Month": along with this special day!  I just couldn't resist passing along this great and simple dessert!

This is one I made up a while back, but it gets pulled out every now and then, because it's just a favorite of so many folks.

Farmer Boy Chocolate Walnut Cream Pie

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 Cups of sugar
• 1/3 Cup of corn starch
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt
• 2 Cups of whole milk
• 2 oz. melted semi-sweet chocolate
• 1 Tablespoon of vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 Cups of walnuts, roughly chopped
• 1 pre-made pie crust

Directions: (I used a store bought Oreo Crust & brushed the inside with egg white, then baked it at 375 degrees F. for 5 minutes. You could make your own, by crushing the cookie part of the Oreos and mixing it with butter, like a graham cracker crust.  Or you may wish to use a conventional flour crust. Either one works great!)

In a large saucepan, cream together the sugar and eggs.  Stir in the corn starch, salt, milk, chocoate and vanilla.  Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, till it thickens. (Bubbles should break and craters remain.)

Stir in the walnuts (reserve some for topping).  Pour into pie crust.  Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

You may wish to serve this with whipped cream topping or you could do a meringue topping.

Hope you'll make this and then leave a comment here.  Thanks. The Old Man in the Bib Overalls