Maple Pecan Pie

This delicious sweet pie always comes out perfect and is very easy to make. Use a baking /pizza stone to place the pie dish on whilst baking to prevent the crust becoming soggy.

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• pie crust

• 12  ounces all-purpose flour
• 3  ounces vegetable shortening
• 3  ounces butter
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt

• pie filling

• 6  ounces pecans
• 4  ounces butter
• 3  large eggs
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1  cup maple syrup
• 1  teaspoon vanilla essence

Directions

1. Sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl.
2. Rub the fats into it until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
3. Add just enough cold water to mix to a dough that leaves the bowl clean. Leave the pastry to rest in a polythene bag in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes.
4. Turn the oven to 400°F.
5. Whilst the oven is heating up toast the pecans for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
6. Roll the pastry out and place in a pie dish that has been dusted with cornflour.
7. Blind bake for 10 minutes.
8. Melt the butter and mix together with the maple syrup, sugar, eggs and vanilla essence.
9. Fold in the pecans, you can chop them in half if desired.
10. Pour the filling into the pie crust and bake for 1 hour at 275°F.
11. The pie is ready if it does not wobble at the outer edges when you twist the dish.