Pam's Thanksgiving Pie

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INGREDIENTS:

1 unbaked nine-inch deep-dish pastry shell

4 large eggs, well beaten

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup softened margarine

1 cup milk

2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon butter extract

1/4 teaspoon maple flavoring

1/4 cup dark corn syrup

1/4 cup oatmeal

1/2 cup flaked coconut

1/2 cup chopped pecans

TO PREPARE:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine eggs, sugar, margarine, milk, flour, flavorings, and corn syrup; beat well. Blend in oatmeal, coconut, and pecans. Mixture will seem soupy.

Pour into unbaked pastry shell. Bake on lowest rake of oven for 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool and chill two to three hours. Pie filling becomes a custard with a crunchy top.

NOTE: Recipe dates to about 1850.

SERVINGS: 6 - 8