Maple Cream Pie

Total Time: 1 hr
Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 1


• 1 3/4 cups milk, divided


• 1/4 cup cornstarch


• 3/4 cup real maple syrup, plus


• 1 tablespoon real maple syrup, divided


• 1/4 teaspoon salt


• 2 egg yolks


• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine


• 1 cup whipping cream


• 1 baked 9 inch pie shell

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan, mix together 1/4 cup milk and cornstarch.


• 2 gradually stir in remaining milk, 3/4 cup syrup and salt.


• 3 over medium heat, cook, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil.


• 4 remove from the heat.


• 5 stir 1/4 cup hot mixture into the egg yolks; return all to the saucepan.


• 6 cook, stirring constantly until the mixture is thickened and bubbly.


• 7 remove from heat; stir in butter.


• 8 cool thoroughly, stirring frequently.


• 9 whip cream until stiff peaks form.


• 10 fold 1 cup into cooled filling; spoon into prepared pie crust.


• 11 fold remaining syrup into remaining cream; spread on top of pie.


• 12 chill for several hours.