Nutty Mississippi Mud Pie

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup roasted pecan, chopped
• 1/2 cup roasted walnut, chopped
• 2 pie crusts, prepared 9
• 16 ounces cream cheese
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 8 ounces powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa, powdered
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup milk
• 3 egg yolks, beaten
• 2 cups milk
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract

Recipe

• 1 crust: mix pecans and walnuts and add to your favorite pie crust recipe, or, if desired, use 2 frozen pie crusts, baked according to package instructions, with nuts divided evenly over bottom of crusts.
• 2 set aside to cool.
• 3 filling: mix cream cheese, sour cream, confectioner's sugar and 1 tsp vanilla with electric mixer or food processor until well blended.
• 4 divide evenly between pie crusts.
• 5 refrigerate for 2 hours or longer.
• 6 topping: in a bowl, blend 1/4 cup sugar, cornstarch, flour, cocoa, salt, 1/4 cup milk and egg yolks; set mixture aside. place 2 cups milk and 3/4 cup sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat, whisking constantly.
• 7 add to bowl ingredients.
• 8 transfer bowl ingredients back into saucepan and bring to boil, stirring constantly, over medium heat. continue to cook for 5 minutes.
• 9 stir in 1 tbsp butter and 1 tsp vanilla and almond extracts.
• 10 cool and spoon over pies.
• 11 refrigerate pies.