Amaretto Sugar Cream Pie

Amaretto Sugar Cream Pie takes two of my favorite things and makes the most incredible dessert----Amaretto and Sugar Cream Pie. The filling is creamy and smooth and fantastically delicious.

Prep Time15

Cook Time10

Total Time25

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: amaretto pie, amaretto pudding pie, amaretto sugar cream pie, sugar cream pie, sugar cream pie with amaretto

Servings:

Calories: 430kcal

Author: Barbara

Ingredients

2 cups half and half
1 cup sugar
1 stick butter
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 Tablespoon Amaretto
1 deep dish pie crust, pre-baked (see notes)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a small saucepan, heat half and half, sugar and butter until butter melts completely.
Mix water and cornstarch in a small bowl; add to saucepan.
Heat until the mixture boils and thickens, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and stir in Amaretto.
Pour into deep dish pie crust. Dust with ground cinnamon and nutmeg.
Bake for 10 minutes.

Notes

How to blind bake (pre bake) pie crust: Whichever pie crust you choose, be sure to blind bake it before adding the pie filling. If you are using a pre-made crust, check the package for blind baking instructions. Here’s how we blind bake a pie crust: Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Line the unbaked crust with foil and fill with pie weights (we use a package of dry beans). Bake for 8 minutes. Remove the foil and beans and bake for 5 additional minutes or until light brown.
To make this a traditional sugar cream pie, substitute vanilla extract for Amaretto.
If you don't have Amaretto on hand, or are opposed to using a spirit in cooking, use 1/2 teaspoon almond oil instead.
Use a deep dish pie crust--homemade or store-bought or use 2 regular sized crusts instead.
To really change it up, use a graham cracker crumb crust. Find out how to make a homemade one in this post!
Be sure to stir this Amaretto Pudding Pie constantly while cooking on the stove top.
This cream pie goes from runny to thick very quickly, right about the time it begins to boil.
Dust with ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg or one or the other if you prefer one over the other. I like to use a fine mesh sieve like the one found on our Amazon store to dust the cinnamon and nutmeg on evenly.
Try some of our other favorite pies: Rhubarb Pie, Pumpkin Chiffon Pie, Lemon Meringue Pie and Impossible Pumpkin Pie.

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