Pecan Pie - Heirloom Recipe. Check Our Step-By-Step Guide To Bake Up A Sweet Treat For Your Loved Ones. It's a proven tradition that Thanksgiving dinner just isn't complete without a pecan pie; and at a Southern holiday meal, there's really nothing better than showcasing the classics. This pecan pie recipe is a true classic: simple, reliable, and darn good. Pecan Pie - Heirloom Recipe

You can have Pecan Pie - Heirloom Recipe using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Pecan Pie - Heirloom Recipe
  1. It’s 1/2 cup of sugar.
  2. You need 1 cup of pure maple syrup (not artificial).
  3. You need 1/4 cup of butter unsalted (4 tbsp.).
  4. Prepare 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract.
  5. Prepare 3 of eggs.
  6. Prepare 3/4 cup of whole pecans or more if you want.
  7. You need 1 of pie crust - any of your choice except flakey.

This mixture is baked in either homemade pie crust or store-bought. This delicious Pecan Pie is a holiday tradition in our family and an heirloom family recipe. It's the BEST pecan pie recipe and the perfect Southern dessert! This pie is perfect to have on your dessert table for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and more!

Pecan Pie - Heirloom Recipe instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 450°..

  2. In a small sauce pan bring to almost boil maple syrup and sugar; stir constantly until sugar crystals desolve. Remove from heat..

  3. Add butter and vanilla to pot, stir and let cool..

  4. 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..

  5. 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..

  6. Place pecans in bottom of crust and slowly pour in maple syrup mixture..

  7. Place foil strips around edges of crust so it doesn't burn..

  8. Place in 450° oven and set timer for 10 minutes..

  9. 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..

Mix Karo® Light Corn Syrup, eggs, sugar, butter and vanilla using a spoon or a rubber spatula. Stir in pecans and pour the mixture into pie crust. Pour the pecans in the bottom of the unbaked pie shell. Pour the syrup mixture over the top. Cover the top and crust lightly/gently with foil.