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INGREDIENTS
1 9 inch pie shell, premade
4 tbs butter
3/4 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup real maple syrup
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
1 1/4 cups pecans

METHOD
The idea is to make this whole Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving Day, starting by baking the pie first, then getting the apple cranberry chutney going and then, once the pie is out of the oven, you can get the bird into the oven so that this whole meal ends up taking between 3 and 4 hours total.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and use a pan on the stovetop to melt 4 tbs of butter. Once that has melted, add 3/4 cup light brown sugar and stir that in and, once that has dissolved, add 3/4 cup real maple syrup. Stir that in and turn the heat off.

The idea is to let that cool down to about room temperature and, while that's happening, use a mixing bowl to combine 3 large eggs with 1 tsp of vanilla extract and a pinch of salt and mix that up.

You could make your own pie dough for this but, since we're trying to save time, we're using a premade 9-inch pie shell. You'll want to add 1 1/4 cups of pecans to that and then, once the maple syrup has cooled down you'll want to whisk that into the eggs and then pour that mixture over the pecans.

Then carefully transfer that (and the baking tray it's on) to the center rack of the preheated oven.

That will take 30-35 minutes to bake and you'll have plenty of time to let it cool down and set up while you finish the rest of this simplified thanksgiving meal.