Maple Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups milk, divided
1/4 cup cornstarch
3/4 cup real maple syrup, plus
1 tablespoon real maple syrup, divided
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
1 cup whipping cream
1 baked 9 inch pie shell

Preparation

In a saucepan, mix together 1/4 cup milk and cornstarch.
Gradually stir in remaining milk, 3/4 cup syrup and salt.
Over medium heat, cook, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil.
Remove from the heat.
Stir 1/4 cup hot mixture into the egg yolks; return all to the saucepan.
Cook, stirring constantly until the mixture is thickened and bubbly.
Remove from heat; stir in butter.
Cool thoroughly, stirring frequently.
Whip cream until stiff peaks form.
Fold 1 cup into cooled filling; spoon into prepared pie crust.
Fold remaining syrup into remaining cream; spread on top of pie.
Chill for several hours.