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    Published on: March 23, 2019 by Janice; Updated on: December 15, 2022 13 Comments

    Maple syrup pie

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    Traditional maple syrup pie with a crimped all-butter pie crust. The original maple pie recipe can be found printed on some cans of Quebec maple syrup

    This super easy maple syrup pie is made with a simple food processor all-butter pie dough and has a maple syrup filling that just requires a little whisking before baking! This pie needs to chill so you can make it the day before serving it. 

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    Maple pie with a crimped crust in a dark metal pie pan

    I am a huge fan of maple syrup, which is a pantry staple for those of us who live in Quebec, the province that produces the best maple syrup. Maybe I'm biased since I live in Montreal, but I have heard from a few people living in Ontario that Quebec maple syrup is superior.

    One of our favourite ways to enjoy maple syrup, besides in maple fudge, is in a maple syrup pie, which is usually served in the spring during sugaring off season and the months when maple syrup is produced (March and April).

    Maple syrup custard pie baked in a dark metal pie pan with pie serverWhat is a maple syrup pie?

    A maple syrup pie is also referred to as a maple pie or even a sugar pie. Maple pie is traditionally a single crust pie with a filling made of eggs, maple syrup, milk or cream.

    Some may add brown sugar to the filling, in which case, less maple syrup is used. Though brown sugar does add a nice molasses flavour to the filling, some may add more brown sugar than maple syrup to reduce the costs of making maple pies since brown sugar is much cheaper than maple syrup.

    For this maple pie, I used a combination of maple syrup and maple sugar. Some recipes also add a little flour to the maple pie filling which acts as a thickener and also ensures that the consistency of the filling is more even throughout the pie after baking. Without the flour, you may notice a little maple syrup between the filling and the baked crust.

    Whether or not you add flour to the filling is a matter of personal preference. Maple pie is, by far, one of my favourite maple syrup recipes.

    Maple syrup pie sliced and served with a pie lifter on black matte dishes

    How to make maple pie

    Maple pie is as easy to make as most single crusts pies, like these pumpkin tarts or this apple butter pie:

    1. Make the pie dough: The crust is made from an all-butter pie dough made in the food processor, so it truly doesn't get easier than that.
    2. Chill the pie dough: Chilling the pie dough helps the gluten relax a little and allows the butter to firm up. The water in the recipe hydrates the flour as the dough chills, making the pie dough easier to work with.
    3. Roll out the pie dough and line the pie pan: I like to use a French rolling pin and a metal pie plate when I make pies. I find I have more control when I roll out doughs with tapered French rolling pins and the metal pie pans help the bottom crust bake better and brown more. Here's an example of a dark metal pie pan from Amazon and a French rolling pin from Amazon so you can see examples of what I mean.
    4. Chill the unbaked crust while you make the filling
    5. Whisk together the maple pie filling ingredients, a mixture of maple syrup, maple sugar (or brown sugar), eggs, and milk.
    6. Pour the filling into the chilled unbaked pie shell.
    7. Bake the pie. The filling will puff and bubble and you may end up with a few caramelized spots. All signs of a good maple pie.
    8. Cool and chill. The toughest part of making a maple pie is the waiting because not only does the pie have to cool to room temperature, but then you also have to chill it in the fridge for several hours to ensure the filling is properly set. Patience!


    Maple-syrup pie sliced to show the perfect maple custard filling set after baking and chilling, with a traditional maple syrup can from Quebec in the background and black plates

    For stress-free pie baking, make the all-butter pie dough in the food processor

    This crust is made with my go-to all-butter pie dough made in the food processor, made with Stirling Churn 84 butter. Sure, you could use a pie cutter to incorporate butter and flour, instead of a machine, and you could just use your fingertips and no tools. Personally, I love how easy it is to make pie doughs in the food processor. The pie dough rolls out beautifully and the resulting baked pie crust is flaky enough.

    What to do with pie dough scraps

    Inevitably, when you make a pie, you will be left with a pile of pie dough scraps. Gather them up and press them together to shape them into a disk and use them to make pie crust cookies!

    Traditional maple syrup pie with a crimped all-butter pie crust. The original maple pie recipe can be found printed on some cans of Quebec maple syrup

    The  maple filling is adapted from a recipe printed on the lids of some cans of Quebec maple syrup. The original recipe called for brown sugar, but I used maple sugar because I didn't want any other sugar flavours interfering with my beloved maple. The filling is like a maple custard that is perfectly set, smooth, and very maple-y. I encourage you to serve this pie à la mode with homemade vanilla bean ice cream.

    If you are looking for a more traditional fall fruit pie that also has lots of maple syrup flavour, try my maple apple pie. Or if you hate making pie dough, you might prefer this maple apple clafoutis recipe.

    This maple pie recipe makes a great maple-flavoured sugar pie. I baked this pie on the bottom rack of my oven, without blind baking the shell first, and it was baked just enough on the bottom. I appreciate being able to skip the blind baking step. Ain't nobody got time for that!

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    A recipe for maple syrup pie, also known as sugar pie or tarte au sucre in Quebec. The texture of the filling is quite similar to a custard pie. 
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Canadian
    Keyword maple pie, maple syrup pie, quebec sugar pie
    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 50 minutes
    Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
    Servings 12 slices
    Calories 313kcal
    Author Janice

    Equipment

    Food processor
    Rolling pin
    metal pie plate
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    Ingredients

    For the crust

    • 219 grams (1¾ cup) bleached all-purpose flour
    • 115 grams (½ cup) Stirling Creamery Churn 84 salted butter cold, cut into cubes
    • 75 mL (5 tablespoon) cold water more or less

    For the maple filling

    • 250 mL (1 cup) pure maple syrup medium grade
    • 100 grams (½ cup) maple sugar
    • 2 (2 ) large egg(s)
    • 188 mL (¾ cup) whole milk (3.25 % fat)

    Instructions

    • In the bowl of a food processor, pulse together the flour and the Stirling Creamery butter until the mixture resembles a fine crumble. Add the water, bit by bit, until a dough forms. Pat the dough into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 45 minutes.
    • Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Roll the dough to ⅛" thick (~14" diameter circle) and transfer to a pie tin (preferably dark metal). Trim and crimp the edges. Chill while you prepare the filling
    • In a medium bowl, whisk together the syrup, sugar, and eggs, then whisk in the milk.
    • Pour the filling into the chilled tart shell and bake on the bottom oven rack for approximately 50 minutes (note the filling will still seem very fluid and jiggly, but you will notice some spots where it's beginning to bubble and brown).
    • Let the pie chill on a wire rack for at least 4 hours, then overnight in the fridge.
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    Nutrition

    Calories: 313kcal

    Other recipes to make with maple syrup

    Maple syrup is such a unique source of sweetness that adds so much flavour to recipes. Maple syrup tastes great and can be used to make:

    1. maple butter, also known as maple cream, a creamy maple spread made from pure maple syrup
    2. maple apple pie, where you use maple syrup to flavour the apples in a traditional double crust apple pie
    3. maple brioche with layers of maple sugar rolled in between layers of buttery brioche
    4. maple walnut fudge, a classic fudge flavour that is always a hit

    I do my best to bake with the finest ingredients. Stirling Creamery, a Canadian company, has provided the butter for this post.

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    Comments

    1. [email protected] says

      April 24, 2015 at 12:23 pm

      Too funny...your collecting sounds just like how I collect! I have an entire cabinet (and maybe some drawers) full of stuff just waiting for the perfect moment! And I collect recipes too...I really should try to make some of them one of these days! Glad you finally used one of the maple syrup lids...your pie looks delicious!

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    2. Ayngelina says

      April 24, 2015 at 12:29 pm

      So delicious. What a great taste of Canada.

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    3. Alanna @ One Tough Cookie says

      April 24, 2015 at 1:39 pm

      This looks absolutely delicious, and I love that you used the high-fat Stirling butter! It's great to finally have someone who makes it in Canada!

      Reply
    4. Ashley | Spoonful of Flavor says

      April 27, 2015 at 8:33 am

      Everything about this pie is perfect! Maple syrup adds sweet flavor that is perfect for pie. I'll take a piece, please!

      Reply
    5. Elizabeth says

      April 27, 2015 at 12:05 pm

      Oh, I love collecting too. The dishes I own often dictate what I make. I love this beautiful pie so much... it's so pretty and looks so delicious.

      Reply
    6. Shira says

      April 27, 2015 at 6:32 pm

      Yum. I have a question about your beautiful crust! I always shape mine the way you've shaped yours, with little waves, but half the time the edge shaping melts away when the pie is in the oven. The waves will be somewhat intact, but some parts will have puffed up and lost their shape. Do you have advice for how to keep the crust edging looking good? I've tried shaping it then putting it back in the fridge to solidify some more, but it doesn't help that much. Any thoughts? Thank you!!

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      • Janice says

        April 29, 2015 at 10:46 am

        Such a great question, Shira! If you notice puffing, to me that means you had a big piece of butter in that area that melted and the water in the butter forms steam and a pocket in the crust (that's how you get the flaky layers in crusts).
        I did this crust in the food processor and pulsed it so the butter pieces were quite small and fine.
        I'd love to see your crust recipe because I wonder if you also have more butter in yours. More butter, means more flaking and probably more puffing in areas of the dough.

        If your crust were to lose its shape while baking but in a more melty kind of way, I would have assumed that your oven was too low so the butter melts and the dough loses its shape before the crust has time to set and dry.

        Well, I hope some of this will make sense and help solve your crust mystery! Let me know what you think!

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        • Shira says

          April 29, 2015 at 2:04 pm

          Thanks for your thoughts on this! I just got a food processor, so maybe that will solve my problems. I've always worked in the butter by hand, so it's likely that there were bigger bits of butter in the crust.

          I can't really remember which pie dough recipes I've used (I don't have a favorite so I tend to switch it up a lot) but I think I generally use a half butter/half shortening crust.

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          • Janice says

            May 01, 2015 at 5:59 pm

            I think crusts made by hand, with bigger chunks of butter, tend to be flakier, but if you do get to try this crust recipe, let me know how it compares!
            I have trouble with shortening just because I'm so accustomed to handling butter. I am a little butter obsessed, haha!

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    7. Annette Taylor says

      March 11, 2020 at 6:00 am

      Beautiful site!
      So happy to read that among ingredients in your Maple Syrup Pie, was Stirling Creamery specialty butter. I live in Stirling and because the creamery is located on the main street, one can drive by and in the large front glass windows, see mounds of freshly made butter on the large tables.
      Can you explain more thoroughly, the unique qualities of the butter you used.
      Thank you,
      Annette Taylor.

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    8. Ann says

      March 27, 2021 at 6:10 pm

      Hi, can i make these into mini muffin size pies, and what would the baking time and temperature be?

      Reply
      • Janice says

        March 28, 2021 at 6:00 pm

        Hi Ann, Yes, you can! They’d take 20 to 30 minutes at 375ºF, I think, if you make mini pies using a regular muffin pan. You could also follow the baking directions for the butter tarts where I blind-baked the mini crusts first in a muffin pan to make sure they bake properly before baking with the filling. Here’s the recipe https://bakeschool.com/an-all-butter-crust-recipe-my-love-hate-relationship-with-butter-tarts/

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        • Ann says

          March 30, 2021 at 10:27 am

          Thank you so much

          Reply

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