Butternut Squash & Apple Soup with Maple Bacon Cream

INGREDIENTS

slices Bacon

Butternut squash (about 3 pounds)

Gala apple, peeled, cored and cut into 1-inch cubes (about 1 cup)

1/2

Sweet onion, finely chopped (about 1/2 cup), large

4 cups

Swanson chicken broth or swanson aseptic vegetable broth

2 1/3 tbsp

Maple syrup, pure

1/8 tsp

Black pepper, ground

1 1/4 tsp

Kosher salt

1/2 tsp

Pumpkin pie spice

1/4 cup

Candied pecans

4 tbsp

Butter, unsalted

3/4 cup

Heavy cream