Chocolate Bourbon Maple Pecan Pie

Ingredients

• ³⁄₄ cup sugar
• ¹⁄₂ cup maple syrup
• ¹⁄₂ cup corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons bourbon
• ¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
• ¹⁄₂ stick butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups pecan pieces

1 bar or 3 ounces dark chocolate, chopped (57% Organic Dark Chocolate bar would work well here)

Instructions

• Make ¹⁄₂ recipe pie dough.
• Blind bake pie shell at 375°F until dry and pale looking, but not baked all the way through.
• While blind baking the shell combine sugar, maple syrup, corn syrup, bourbon, and salt, in a saucepan.
• Place over medium heat, bring to a rolling boil and boil for 1 minute.
• Take pan off heat and whisk in the butter. Let cool to room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Add vanilla and eggs to cooled mixture and mix well. Stir in the pecans and chocolate pieces.
• Pour into pie shell.
• Bake pie until the filling is just set, 40-60 minutes. If the top browns too quickly, cover with aluminum foil. Let cool completely.