Cookie Nut Crust - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter, softened (or margarine)
1/2 cup light brown sugar, loosely packed
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts (pecans, black-walnuts or butternuts)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

In a large bowl, combine the flour and baking soda.
Add the butter, brown sugar, walnuts and vanilla.
Blend well.
Press the mixture, a small amount at a time, into a 9-inch pie plate, building up the sides and fluting the edge.
Cover the fluting with a strip of aluminum foil to prevent overbowning.