Maple Pecan Pie with Chocolate Glaze
Recipe: #7115
December 19, 2012
Categories: Baby Shower, Brunch, Christmas, Cinco de Mayo, Easter, Fathers Day, July 4th, Mothers Day New Years, Potluck, Sunday Dinner, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, Oven Bake, more
"This is a rich pecan pie, made with real maple syrup, cooled slightly then drizzled with chocolate glaze "
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (96.8 g)
- Calories 307.4
- Total Fat - 12.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.3 g
- Cholesterol - 64 mg
- Sodium - 104.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 48.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
- Sugars - 46.9 g
- Protein - 2.7 g
- Calcium - 65.2 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Heat oven to 375ºF. Place pie crust in 9-inch glass pie plate.
Step 2
In medium bowl beat sugar, butter, maple syrup, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the eggs with hand beater or a wire whisk until smooth. Stir in pecans. Pour into pastry-lined pie plate. Cover edge of pastry with 2- to 3-inch strip of foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil for last 10 minutes of baking.
Step 3
Pour into pastry-lined pie plate. Cover edge of pastry with 2- to 3-inch strip of foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil for last 10 minutes of baking time.
Step 4
Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until set. Cool 15 minutes.
Step 5
In a small heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt chocolate chips and 1 teaspoon shortening over low heat, stirring constantly; drizzle over top of pie.
Step 6
Serve pie warm or cool.
Tips
No special items needed.