Excellent Brown Sugar Pie
From: Aunt Cecile, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
  • 2 cups [500 mL] brown sugar
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons [37.5 mL] cornstarch
  • 3/4 cup [190 mL] milk or cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon [2.5 mL] maple extract
  • Chopped nuts, to taste [optional]
  • 1 [9-inch / 23-cm] pie shell
  • 6 to 8 butter dices
  • Preheat oven to 325°F [160°C].
  • Mix together brown sugar and cornstarch.
  • Then mix in milk or cream, maple extract and, if desired, chopped nuts.
  • Pour mixture into pie shell; top with butter dices.
  • Bake pie into preheated oven for approximately 30 minutes, until golden.
  • Remove pie from oven; leave to cool completely, before serving.