Maple Walnut Cream Pie
Crust
9 inch premade or make own
Filling
1 cup pure maple syrup or use Maple flavored pancake syrup
1/2 cup milk
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 enevlope unflavored gelatin ( 1 Tblsp.)
1/4 cup water
1 tsp. maple flavoring
1 cup whipping cream, whipped
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
Sweetened whip cream garnish
Bake crust according to package directions....... cool
Filling
Combine syrup and milk in small saucepan, cook on low heat til hot
Do not boil it
stir small amount of the hot mixture gradually into the egg yolks
Return egg mixture to the saucepan, bring to boil
simmer for about 1 min.
soften gelatin in water
remove saucepan from heat and add in gelatin and maple flavor
stir until gelatin dissovles
Put in fridge until mixture begins to thicken
Fold whipped cream into the maple mixture, fold in nuts
spoon into the pie crust
Refrigerate 2 hours
Garnish with whipped cream before serving