Pecan Pie - Heirloom Recipe. Pecan Pie is always a favorite with my family and this one is dynamite! One thing that should be in the instructions is that the water and corn starch are mixed together before adding I searched all over for a good pecan pie to purchase, and for recipes. I had all but given up until I came across this recipe.
You can cook Pecan Pie - Heirloom Recipe using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Pecan Pie - Heirloom Recipe
- It’s 1/2 cup of sugar.
- You need 1 cup of pure maple syrup (not artificial).
- Prepare 1/4 cup of butter unsalted (4 tbsp.).
- You need 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract.
- Prepare 3 of eggs.
- It’s 3/4 cup of whole pecans or more if you want.
- Prepare 1 of pie crust - any of your choice except flakey.
No corn syrup or refined sugar required, and it's so easy to make. Meet your new favorite pecan pie! I started working on this naturally sweetened pecan pie recipe last fall, and it's ready to share with you in time for Thanksgiving this year. This pecan pie recipe impressed me from beginning to end.
Pecan Pie - Heirloom Recipe instructions
Preheat oven to 450°..
In a small sauce pan bring to almost boil maple syrup and sugar; stir constantly until sugar crystals desolve. Remove from heat..
Add butter and vanilla to pot, stir and let cool..
While syrup is cooling prepare pie crust by punching bottom of crust with a fork. Brush bottom and side's with a little egg white from eggs..
Mix eggs together. If the syrup mixture has cooled a little, add eggs to syrup and stir until blended. If the syrup mixture is still warm, you want to temper the eggs by adding about a tablespoon of the syrup mixture to the eggs stirring as you pour. Once the eggs are tempered add them to the rest of the syrup stirring as you pour until blended..
Place pecans in bottom of crust and slowly pour in maple syrup mixture..
Place foil strips around edges of crust so it doesn't burn..
Place in 450° oven and set timer for 10 minutes..
IMPORTANT! After 10 minutes reduce heat to 350° and bake for an additional 35 minutes. When there's 20 minutes left to bake remove foil from the edge of the pie..
The crispy topping, the chunky pecans, the gooey center and oh, of course, the flaky crust. You cannot go wrong with this recipe! However, we all grew up with a different version so I thought I would share those variations! These best pecan pie recipes will have all of your Thanksgiving guests asking for seconds! We've got lots of easy pecan pie recipes to make right here, including ones with chocolate, bourbon, and bananas.
