If you live where leaves turn color, this is a wonderful time of the year! Even if you don’t, you can enjoy the change of seasons from summer to fall with this recipe that combines the taste of bright, sunny oranges with the flavor of walnuts. Enjoy this with a cup of cranberry-orange tea for a true treat.
Walnut Pie with Orange Cream Cheese
1 unbaked 9” pie shell 1/8 teaspoon salt
3 eggs, slightly beaten 1 cup broken walnuts
2 cups light corn syrup 1 8-oz. package cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons margarine, melted 2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon grated orange rind (fresh is best)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine eggs, syrup, margarine, vanilla, and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Stir until well blended. Pour mixture into pie shell. Sprinkle walnut pieces over the surface of the mixture in the shell. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees. Bake 30 minutes longer or until filling is just set. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack. Beat cream cheese with milk until fluffy. Beat in orange rind. Serve cooled pie wedges topped with cream cheese mixture.