Recipe - Maple Walnut Pie

2 tablespoon Butter
One fourth cup Flour
1 cup Maple syrup
One half cup Water (use freash maple sap
Three fourths cup Walnut halves or pieces
Pastry for one 8" or 9" pie

Melt butter in small saucepan. Add flour all at once. Cook, stirring
constantly, until mixture is golden brown. Add syrup and water and cook,
whisking constantly until thickened. Allow to cool for 10 minutes. Add
nuts. Pour warm filling into prepared pie shell. Bake at 350ø on center
rack of oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until filling is set and crust is
golden brown. Cool on wire rack. May be decorated with nuts, pastry maple
leaves, etc. Best if garnished with whipped cream. By Patricia Wells From
Maple Dessert Recipes by Massachusetts Maple Syrup

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini