Do you have a great pecan pie recipe?
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November 27th, 2013
I’ve decided that I will bring a pecan pie to Thanksgiving tomorrow. It’s been years since I have attempted to cook one, and I don’t recall what recipe I used. A quick Google search revealed that there are all kinds of differences in ingredients and technique.
Any suggestions?
Ideally, I am looking for a pie that is very heavy on the pecans and less sweet than average.
Also, I have been craving pecan pie for 2 years, so it’s possible I might just eat a whole one as soon as it’s done. I might make two just in case.
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I don’t have my recipe handy, but I do remember that I subsitute about ½ to ¾ of the total amount of corn syrup with molasses. I’m not a fan of pecan pie, but I was told by someone who loves it that it was the best pecan pie he ever had.
Happy Thanksgiving!
@Smitha – Thanks! Have you tried any of those recipes?
It’s crazy how different every recipe seems to be. For example, those three recipes call for 1, 3, and 4 cups of pecans.
No I have not tried them, but I have tried other recipes of Martha and Nigella. So it won’t be a failure. I hope someone will come up with a tried recipe, if not you can try this.
I guess you can follow http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/best-ever-pecan-pie-834 this one, since you needed a not too sweet one you can just add ¾ cup light corn syrup ¾ cup light brown sugar. Martha Stewart recipe ingredients are same but she has just doubled the quantities and excluded rum.
Oooh, my favorite pie in the world, next to lemon merangue! (sp?)
My favorite is pecan pie without the pecans.
@Dutchess_III – What do you instead of pecans? babies? I won’t take any pecan hate here, only because people who hate pecans are evil, evil people.
Oh, I like pecans as a nut. They’re my favorite. I just don’t like them with my pie. I just don’t like conflicting textures for some reason. Like, I love strawberry shortcake…but only with the syrup and not the strawberries. So, call me strange.
Ok. So, I think I’m going with @Smitha‘s link here, despite the fact it’s Martha Stewart. I will also bump up the pecans to 4 cups (just for @Dutchess_III).
LOL! I am offended! Apologize!
^ Sorry. I meant 5 cups of pecans. :)
Anyway, I’m just kidding. People who don’t like pecan pie aren’t evil. They’re just wrong.
I LIKE PECAN PIE!!! Just not the pecans….
Here’s the recipe I just used to make three pecan pies.
Ingredients
⅓ cup melted butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup light Karo syrup
½ tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla
3 eggs, beaten
1–1½ cups chopped pecans
1 9” deep dish pie shell
Instructions
Combine butter, sugar, syrup, salt, and vanilla into a bowl and mix well (with a spoon, not a mixer). Add eggs and mix well. Add pecans and mix well. Pour into pie shell and bake at 375 degrees for 45–50 minutes.
Super easy and super delicious.
What would it taste like with no pecans on it?
@Dutchess_III For one thing, it wouldn’t be pecan pie without pecans. It would just be…goop, I’d guess. It’s the pecans that form that crunchy, nutty deliciousness.
Yes, mixed with the pecans.
@Dutchess_III – only a bit of the goop is delicious, and only when coating a ton of pecans. How could your tongue be so wrong about pecan pie? I suggest you see a doctor about this now.
Emergency Whole Foods run called for. My pecans are shit. The pecans need to be perfect.
Ok ok. When you make me a pecan pie, crush the pecans up into smithereens. That I can handle.
My mom mixes walnuts half and half with her pecans when she makes pie.
The pie was not very good. It was sabotaged by way too many rancid nuts. When I found out we were short on pecans, I tried to get some at Whole Foods the day before thanksgiving. They only had pecan pieces available, and it turns out that a very small percentage of those pieces are worth eating.
I’ll try next year. I put “find fresh pecans” in my calendar 2 weeks prior to Thanksgiving so I shouldn’t have the same problem.
Thanks for everyone’s suggestions!
Sorry to hear that. Mine (made with the recipe I posted) got rave reviews from my family and his. :)
Oh I’m sorry about that. May be next time you can try @livelaughlove21 recipe. I think I should try that someday.
@Smitha – I think the Martha Stewart recipe that you linked to was fine. My only problem was the bad pecans I used. Especially since I increased the pecans from 3 to 4 cups. Thanks.
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