Method

Crust: Preheat  oven to 350°F.

Mix together all crust ingredients, cutting in butter with a knife.  Cut until mixture reaches the consistency of oatmeal, then gather in a ball.  Roll out crust between two pieces of wax paper until is is large enough to cover bottom of a 9" pie pan and come up the sides.   Line crust into pie pan.  Bake crust at 350°F for 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven and set on  a wire rack.

Filling:  Mix together all filling ingredients and spoon into pie crust.

Topping:  Sprinkle walnuts on top of pie filling.  Put small dabs of butter over pie filling.  Bake for about 1 hour at 350°F   (If pie is baked too long, walnuts will burn). 

Yields 6 8 servings.  

Contributor: pat ciesla

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