Sweet Potato Pie

Ingredients
1 (9") unbaked pie shell
1 pound sweet potatoes, cooked and peeled
1/4 cup margarine
14 oz sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs

Directions
Preheat oven to 350.

In a large mixing bowl, beat hot sweet potatoes with butter until smooth. Add remaining ingredients except pie shell and pecan topping ingredients; mix well. Pour into pie shell.

Bake 30 min. Remove from oven; spoon pecan topping evenly over top. Bake 20 to 25 min. longer or until golden brown. Cool.

Pecan Topping

Ingredients
1 egg
3 tablespoons dark corn syrup
3 tablespoons light brown sugar, firmly packed
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions
In small mixing bowl, combine egg, corn syrup, brown sugar, margarine and maple flavoring; mix well. Stir in chopped pecans.