How to Make a Nut Pie Crust
There are two ways to make nut pie crusts: as a pastry with nuts mixed in with flour or like a graham cracker crust using just nuts (instead of crackers), butter, and sugar. The flour method gives you a pie crust very similar to a regular pastry. (Note: if you’ve got a gluten intolerance, it’s easy to swap in your favorite gluten-free flour mix.) Or you can make your nut pie crust without any flour or rolling required for a gluten-free option that’s also less fuss.
How to Make a Nut Pie Crust Pastry
In the nut pie crust used in our recipe for autumn maple-pear pie, you choose between adding ground walnuts or pecans to your pastry dough. You can alternatively add 3 Tbsp. finely chopped pecans (or your favorite nut!) to our single-crust pastry. For a more forgiving nut pastry, give this rustic blood orange tart with salted pecan crust a shot.
How to Make an Easy Gluten-Free Nut Pie Crust
You can enjoy this simple nut crust in our indulgent candy bar pie recipe. For more detailed instructions on making a walnut pie crust, visit our sister site Allrecipes. This gluten-free pie crust can easily become a Keto-friendly recipe by swapping the sugar for an approved sweetener such as stevia.
Where to Buy Nut Pie Crusts
If you need to make some holiday pies and are on a time crunch, you can check your local grocery store for pre-made nut pie crusts. Brands such as Diamond of California offer both walnut pie crusts and pecan pie crusts that are ready to be filled. Once you’ve got your nut pie crusts ready, it’s up to you to add delicious fillings to the blank canvas. Any recipe from berry pies to no-bake pie can be swapped with a nut pie crust. A sweet potato pie in a pecan crust or a caramel-chocolate pie in a walnut crust sound pretty amazing right about now.
