Any Wonderful Pastry for 8" or 9" pie shell
Early in day: Start heating oven to 350 ° F. Line 8 or 9" pie plate with pastry; trim edge even with pie plate. From pastry trimmings, cut out dime-size circles; moisten each circle; overlap circles around rim of pie plate, pressing down as you go.
In double-boiler top, cream together brown sugar and butter; stir in granulated sugar, eggs, salt, corn syrup, and cream. Cook over hot, not boiling, water 5 min., stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in broken nuts and vanilla. Pour into lined pie plate. Bake at 350 ° F. 50 min. Arrange walnut balves around top. Bake 15 min. Longer. Cool on wire rack. (For toasty nuts, bake pie 15 min.; then arrange nuts on top of pie, and bake 50 min.)
To Serve: This pie is delicious as is, but if desired, you may top each wedge with small ball of vanilla ice cream or small mound of whipped cream.
Pecan Pie: Substitute pecans for walnuts.
Peanut Pie: Substitute salted peanuts for broken walnuts. Bake 1 hr. 5 min., omitting extra nuts on top. Serve topped with small mounds of whipped cream and a few peanuts.
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