Maple Syrup Sugar Pie

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

Serve this very sweet maple syrup custard pie in thin slices. It makes a great fall dessert and would be wonderful on your holiday dessert table.

Ingredients

1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg
1/4 cup cold water
3/4 teaspoon vinegar
1 cup real maple syrup
2 eggs
3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup dark brown sugar

Directions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2 Chop vegetable shortening into flour in a bowl with a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Whisk 1 egg with cold water and vinegar in a measuring cup. Use your fingers to make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour about half the egg mixture into the well; mix the liquid ingredients into the flour mixture. Mix remaining half of egg mixture into dough, stirring just until combined.
3 Roll dough into an 10-inch circle on a floured work surface and fit the pie crust into the bottom of an 8-inch pie dish. Trim and flute the edges of the crust.
4 Whisk maple syrup, 2 eggs, sweetened condensed milk, and brown sugar together in a bowl until brown sugar has dissolved. Pour filling into crust.
5 Bake in the preheated oven until the filling is set and small spots of sugary crust form on top of the filling, about 45 minutes. Chill until cold and firm, 5 to 6 hours, before serving.