Each Thanksgiving I try to take charge of something new or something more complicated. So far I’ve made side dishes (med), cornbread stuffing (yummy), cranberry sauce (disastrous), and several pies. She and I have our own fair share of failures. Last year her pecan pie was over-baked. My apple pie was under-baked.
Pecan pie is a staple for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. My mother is the only person who eats pecan pie at Thanksgiving. Usually she bakes a whole pie for herself to enjoy for the entire week. While many recipes include alcohol, I went for an old-fashioned recipe.
Ingredients:
- Pie crust dough (store-bought or homemade)
- 3/4 stick unsalted butter
- 1 1/4 cups packed light brown sugar
- 3/4 cups light corn syrup
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp grated orange zest
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups pecan-halves (You can find these in the baking aisle. You don’t have to split them.)
Instructions:
2) Roll out the pie dough onto a lightly floured surface. Trim and crimp crust as desired. Lightly prick the bottom of the crush with a fork. Chill for 30 minutes in the fridge.
3) For the pie filling: melt butter in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar, whisking until smooth. Remove from heat and whisk in corn syrup, vanilla, zest, and salt.
4. Lightly beat the eggs in a medium bowl. Whisk into the corn syrup mixture.
Be really careful! If you mixture is too hot, your eggs will scramble! Mine was just a little too hot so there were some heated egg whites. I strained these out with a sieve and it was fine.
5) Put pecans in the pie shell and pour the corn syrup mixture over evenly.
6) Bake until the filling is set (50-60 min.) Cool completely.
Final Thoughts: I’ve never been a big fan of pecan pie, but I stole a bite and loved it! It was fairly easy to make, despite needing a tiny bit more effort than a pumpkin pie. Now that I’ve checked off apple, banana cream, pumpkin, and pecan, which pie should I try next?
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Looks delicious.
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