Friday, March 21, 2008

Almond Amaretto Pie

Ingredients
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup corn syrup
2 tbsp butter or margarine, melted
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp almond-flavoured liqueur
½ tsp almond extract
1 cup sliced almonds1
(9-inch) unbaked pastry pie shell
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 F.In medium bowl with fork, beat eggs slightly. Add sugar, corn syrup, butter, vanilla, almond extract and almond-flavoured liqueur; stir until well blended. Stir in almonds. Pour into pie crust.
Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge comes out clean. Cool on wire rack. Makes 8 servings.

*Amaretto is a sweet almond-flavoured liqueur of Italian origin. It is made from a base of apricot or almond pits, or sometimes both, with added spices and flavors.

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