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Desserts-Pie: New Hampshire Maple Syrup Pie

Source of Recipe

Lloyd A. Carver


List of Ingredients

1 cup maple syrup ( n.h. prefered)
1 cup hot water
1 teaspoon butter
3 tablespoons cornstarch
2 egg whites
2 egg yolks
1 pinch salt
1 tablespoon maple syrup
chopped nuts


Recipe

Combine syrup, hot water and butter and bring to a boil. Mix cornstarch, salt and enough cold water to make a thin paste, add egg yolks and beat well. Add hot syrup mixture gradually, return to heat and cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Cool slightly. Pour into cooked pie shell. Beat egg whites stiff, adding slowly the tablespoon of syrup. Pile on pie and brown in hot oven. Add chopped nut meats if desired to top.