RECIPES
Tarte au Sucre
(Madame Benoit's recipe)

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cup maple syrup
1 cup flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 unbaked 10" single pie crust (1 bottom only)

METHOD:
Dissolve baking soda in maple syrup. Place in pie crust (first).
Mix flour, brown sugar and butter with your fingertips. Place in pie crust (last).
Bake at 350*F for 30 minutes.

YIELD: 1 pie.

SERVING:
Serve plain, "a la mode" (with ice cream - vanilla), or with not-too-sweet whipped cream.

NOTE:
You can use half-half maple syrup and corn syrup if, well, 1 1/2 cup cup maple syrup is too expensive.