MRS. AVER'S DATE WALNUT PIE

Name: MRS. AVER'S DATE WALNUT PIE
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1/2 c sugar; 1 c corn syrup; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 Tbsp all purpose flour; 2 eggs; 1 Tbsp melted butter; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 1/4 c chopped walnuts; 1 pkg (7 oz.) pitted dates; 1 unbaked 9" pastry shell

By Ellen Bales
@Starwriter

Found this in an old recipe file of my mother's. It was cut from a newspaper with this notation: Date Walnut Pie, First Prize, Mrs. DeWitt E. Aver, R.R. 3, Noblesville. Mrs. Aver, wherever you are, thank you for this delightful prize-winning pie recipe.
Photo Credit: Meredith Heuer

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Serves:

Prep:

15 Min

Cook:

1 Hr

Ingredients

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1/2 c

sugar
1 c

corn syrup
1/4 tsp

salt
1 Tbsp

all purpose flour
2

eggs
1 Tbsp

melted butter
1 tsp

vanilla
1 1/4 c

chopped walnuts
1 pkg

(7 oz.) pitted dates
1

unbaked 9" pastry shell

How to Make MRS. AVER'S DATE WALNUT PIE

Step-by-Step

In a large bowl, beat together sugar, syrup, salt, flour, and eggs. Mix well. Add melted butter, vanilla, nuts and dates (cut in pieces).
Pour into shell and bake for 10 minutes at 450 degrees. Then lower oven temperature to 300 degrees and continue baking for another 50 minutes, or until filling is set.

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