This is the pie everyone in my family asks for at the holidays. My sisters say this is one of their favorite pies and they don’t usually even eat walnuts- it’s that good!
Maybe it’s because it makes one think of a candy bar. Maybe it’s because it’s so rich and gooey and chocolaty.
For me, it’s because it’s not pumpkin.
No pumpkin pie for me, thank you- bring on the Chocolate Chip Walnut!
If that weren’t enough to get you to make this, how about this: it’s super easy- just mix and pour.
Now, just try not to make it- I dare you.
You will need to start with an unbaked pie shell. I go ’round and ’round with pie crust recipes. I swear I’ve tried them all: vinegar and egg, pate brisee, oil, and press-in-the-pan.
All because I won’t use shortening. I don’t buy it and I don’t want to. I would love to try a lard crust, if true rendered lard weren’t so hard to come by (the stuff they sell in the store is hydrogenated).
For now I stick with butter, and this is Bob’s Red Mill’s recipe for Whole Wheat Pie Crust (I fluted the edges after the picture).
In a large bowl mix together 3 eggs, 1-1/2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 tsp. salt, and 6 tablespoons melted butter.
Add 1/2 cup honey and mix well.
Add 1-1/2 cups each chocolate chips and chopped walnuts.
Pour into pie crust.
This makes a lot of filling, so I always use a deep-dish pie pan. If all you have is a regular pie pan, you will want to put 1/2 cup of filling into a small Pyrex oven-safe bowl to cook alongside the pie or it will overflow the pan.
And then if you taste a little, who will ever know?
Not that I’ve ever done that.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 45-50 minutes. The center will still jiggle a bit when you move it, but not slosh around and the top will be a deep golden brown.
I cut out some small leaves with the remaining dough and set them on the edge. They look invisible here, but when it finished cooking, they stood out nicely:
Be prepared for LOTS of compliments when you bring this pie to your next gathering.
Chocolate Chip Walnut Pie
- 1 unbaked 9-inch (deep dish) pie shell
- 3 eggs
- 1-1/2 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 6 Tb. butter, melted
- 1/2 c. honey
- 1-1/2 c. chopped walnuts
- 1-1/2 c. chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Beat the eggs in a large bowl. Add the sugar, flour, salt, butter, and honey and mix well.
- Add the walnuts and chocolate chips, stirring to combine.
- Pour into unbaked pie shell and bake for 45 to 50 minutes until deep golden brown and firmer (though center will still move some).
- Cool on a wire rack completely before serving.
Serves 10-12
-Jami
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Well, so much for my after Tday diet plans, I have GOT to make this now!! LOL
Pretty please, how do you flute your crust to look like that?
Your zucchini cake was a big hit last week, especially by my son who usually does not eat “sweets”….it has already been requested for when they come home again..LOL!
Love your blog……and your recipes are wonderful!! Thanks!!!
Wow- thanks Thymeless. I knew I couldn’t be the only one to adore the white zucchini cake!
I just use my knuckle up against the crust edge and push two fingers from my other hand against them. It’s pretty standard, I think. Do you have an old Better Homes and Gardens cookbook? Mine has pictures of different pie edges and this is one of them.
Good luck on the diet.
Helloooo fellow Oregonian.
I’m new to your blog for the first time today and I have to say, the picture of that pie stopped me COLD! yummmm!! Love the humorous sidenotes that accompany the recipe. I’ll be back to read more.
OH MY!!!!!
I had Jami’s pie on Thanksgiving Day at is well work the calories! I can always diet and exercise later! HA! HA! You make it look so easy maybe I will get up enough courgae to try the pie crust from scratch.
oops I meant to say it is well WORTH the calories!! But I guess it was working the calories too.
Welcome, Farmgirl! Glad to have you around- I’m off to check out your blog…
Thanks, Steph- it really is just a once or twice a year kinda pie.
I tried this pie for Thanksgiving this year and it was a big hit! Gooey, fudgey, deliciousness! Thanks for sharing! (From a fellow Oregonian.)