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Surprise Pie

Surprise Pie — a community recipe on Potlikkr.

🍽 Serves 1.0

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Method (preview)

  1. 1

    Blend butter, sugar, eggs, corn syrup, oatmeal and vanilla. Pour into pie shell. Bake 40 minutes at 325 degrees.

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    Gwen Says: �As a single person in the early �80s, I was invited to a friend�s holiday celebrations one year. Both Thanksgiving and Christmas, it was their tradition to serve her mom�s �Surprise Pie.� After trying to learn why it was called the Surprise Pie, I gave in and took a taste. That taste led to another. Honestly, it did taste familiar.

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