Celebrate Thanksgiving Island-Style with a Mac Nut Pie instead of pecan!
If you’re using the optional rum you can put little cocktail umbrellas in each slice before you serve it.
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs, room temp
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup butter melted/cooled
- 1 Tbsp flour
- 1 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup chopped macadamia nuts
- 1 cup whole macadamia nuts
- 1 9-inch unbaked pie shell
- Optional: 2 Tbsp dark rum
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Line pie shell with foil or parchment. Fill about 2/3 full with dried beans, uncooked rice or pie weights. Bake crust for about 20 minutes. Remove crust from oven and take out liner and weights.
- Increase oven temperature to 400°.
- Whisk eggs until foamy, then whisk in butter, sugars and flour. Combine well.
- Add vanilla, milk and rum (if using). Stir in chopped macadamias. Pour mixture into pie shell. Decorate top with whole macadamias.
- Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° and bake until filling is set, 30-40 more minutes. You may need to put foil over the crust edge or the entire pie to prevent excessive browning at some point.
- Remove from oven and cool to room temperature before serving. Note: Pie is best made the day before.