Pecan Pie
I think I’ve decided to do a “Week of” every month. I did Cupcakes back in August, Pumpkin in October, and Cranberries in November. This month, I’m doing Family Favorites. Living away from my family makes me all nostalgic at the holidays. One way that I like to remember them is to make foods that I remember eating growing up. I already have a Family Favorites tag in my blog, but I sent an email out to our immediate families and asked what everyone’s favorite family recipe was. I got a pretty good response and will be highlighting five of those recipe this week. Be sure to check back every day to check them out.
My older brother C loves pecan pie. He usually is the one who makes it on Thanksgiving. Since we didn’t spend that holiday together and instead we had C and his wife over for dinner a couple weeks later, I decided to make this favorite dessert of his.
We like to keep things simple in our family. This recipe comes from the back of the Karo syrup container. It never fails. We also like to chop our pecans for our pecan pie. I know some people like to leave them whole, but I grew up eating pecan pie like this, so this is definitely how I prefer it.
This was actually the first time I’ve ever made pecan pie because like I said, C always makes it for Thanksgiving. I was nervous that it wouldn’t set up properly. I think the key is allowing the pie enough time to cool. I baked this pie a day in advance and let it cool overnight.
A tip about the crust on this pie. I’m sure we’ve all seen it happen where the pie crust does not want to come out of the pie plate. That’s because of the high sugar content of this pie. Here’s what I do – first spray the pie plate with non stick spray, then flour the pie plate. Roll the pie crust into the pie plate and flour the pie crust. This will help to create a barrier between the very sugary filling and the pie crust so it will come out easily.
Pecan Pie
Yield: 1 pie
Ingredients:
1 cup Light or Dark Corn Syrup
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) pecans, chopped
9-inch unbaked deep-dish pie crust
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Mix corn syrup, eggs, sugar, butter and vanilla using a spoon. Stir in pecans. Pour filling into pie crust.
Using foil strips, cover the edges of the pie crust. Place pie onto a cookie sheet for easy handling.
Bake on center rack of oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil strips and bake another 35 to 45 minutes. Cool for 2 hours on wire rack before serving.
Recipe from Karo Syrup
Check out my week of Family Favorites here.
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
I am intrigued! I like Oreos and Doritos separately, so I will have to give this popcorn a try. My three-year-old is King of Interesting Combinations, so I know I’ll have a buddy to share it with. 🙂
beantownbaker — January 30th, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
Hubby definitely kind of gave me a weird look when I was chowing down on this 😉
no way! i just posted some doritos chocolate chip cookies on my blog! love the chocolate/dorito combo! this looks super delish 🙂
beantownbaker — January 31st, 2013 @ 1:59 pm
That is crazy! I bet Doritos in cookies is amazing!
Love this idea! Definitely going to try it soon. I am also thinking Sun Chips would be an awesome part of the combination
this is weird… I like it.
beantownbaker — February 3rd, 2013 @ 9:47 pm
weird? absolutely. delicous? for sure 😉
What an interesting combo. I always did popcorn, Sourpatch Kids, and Raisinets at the movies, so I can see how this would work.
beantownbaker — February 3rd, 2013 @ 9:47 pm
Woah – now that’s an interesting combination. I like all of those things separately. I’m going to have to try them all together the next time I go to a movie.
This sounds amazing. i should admit that i am 37 weeks pregnant and have eaten a ton of oreos and doritos this pregnancy, why oh why didn’t i think to put them together!!! thank you!!!!
beantownbaker — February 3rd, 2013 @ 9:46 pm
Haha, glad I gave you the idea. Hope you like them together 😉
This combination is crazy, but that just means I am going to have to go home and try it. This could totally hit the spot I am sure 🙂
beantownbaker — February 6th, 2013 @ 11:43 am
Let me know what you think if you do try it
I happen to think this sounds perfect, and not at all strange. But i’m the girl that likes to eat dortitos inside my PB&J sandwiches, and dip french fries in milkshakes…..so to me this makes sense! I’ll have to give it a try – thanks for posting!
beantownbaker — February 7th, 2013 @ 6:20 pm
OMG I totally forgot about Doritos inside a PB&J!! I used to do that too. MMmmm.
OK this is totally weird, but I would totally eat it. Talk about a junk food dream!
beantownbaker — February 7th, 2013 @ 6:18 pm
It’s totally a junk food dream 🙂