Depending on where you’re from, you might not have ever heard of Peanut Pie, let alone had one. But with peanut brittle flavor and every texture you can think of — crunchy, chewy, flaky — it’s the kind of pie that everyone should try at least once. Think of it like Virginia’s answer to pecan pie… but salty-sweet and full of peanut flavor. Now that’s a pie that should be on every table!

What Ingredients Do You Need for Virginia Peanut Pie?

It’s a pretty similar list to Pecan Pie, except swap the pecans for peanuts. You’ll need:

• Roasted and salted peanuts.
• Light corn syrup.
• Brown sugar.
• Eggs.
• Butter.
• Vanilla extract.

Simple, right? You’ll need a pie crust too, of course. Here’s one I really like: All-Butter Pie Crust.

How Do You Make Virginia Peanut Pie?

It’s little more than stirring some stuff together and putting it in the oven! There’s no blind baking, or fancy lattice work, or stovetop steps for the filling, so this a great beginners pie.

To start, get your pie crust ready in the pie pan and flute or crimp it however you like. Chill it while you work on the filling so it doesn’t get too warm. Then, you mix:

Simply whisk together the corn syrup, brown sugar, eggs, butter, and vanilla until it’s all one cohesive mixture. (No mixer needed!) Then, take about half of those peanuts and roughly crush them. I like a rolling pin or a mortar and pestle here. You still want large pieces so don’t crush them too much.

Add those crushed peanuts and the whole peanuts into your corn syrup/sugar/butter/egg mixture and then pour the whole shebang into the pie crust. This will take about an hour in the oven, you want it to bake until it’s no longer jiggly.

The thing that will try your patience is waiting for this to cool — you want to give it at least three hours to come to room temperature so that your slices aren’t a gooey mess. It’s hard to wait for such a good thing, I know. But you can do it, I have faith in you.