Kentucky bourbon pecan pie. This bourbon pecan pie includes a small amount of Kentucky bourbon. The bourbon jazzes up this pecan pie with flavor and spirit. Kentucky bourbon gives a kick to this Southern classic.
You can cook Kentucky bourbon pecan pie using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Kentucky bourbon pecan pie
- It’s 1/2 cup of dark brown sugar.
- Prepare 2/3 cup of dark Karo corn syrup.
- You need 1/4 cup of whole sweet cream unsalted butter.
- It’s 4 of large eggs.
- You need 1/4 cup of Kentucky bourbon.
- Prepare 1 tsp of real vanilla extract.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of real almond extract.
- It’s 1/4 tsp of kosher salt.
- It’s 1 cup of pecans (mix of halves and pieces is good).
It's stacked with unexpected layers of flavor and texture. Mix together eggs, sugar, corn syrups, butter, bourbon, vanilla and salt until well blended. Filled with crunchy pecans, bittersweet chocolate, and sweet Kentucky bourbon, this pie makes for the perfect weekend treat. Tuck edges under, and crimp as desired.
Kentucky bourbon pecan pie step by step
Preheat oven to 325.
In a 9 inch pie plate press out your pie dough and flute the edges (crimp).
Place brown surger and corn syrup in a medium size bowl. Melt butter in a microwave for 1 minute 10 seconds on high and then add it to the brown sugar and corn syrup while still hot. Mix very well (it will take a minute or two of mixing)..
In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, bourbon, vanilla, almond and salt. Whisk until the eggs are beaten well and everything is mixed well..
Whisking continuously, mix the sugar mix into the egg mix..
Gently fold in the pecans.
Pour mixture into pie shell.
Bake at 325 1 hour (depending on your oven it might longer or less - start checking 55 minutes and then bake until pie is jiggly in the center).
Remove from oven and allow to cool on a cooling rack or folded towel until completely cooled and gelled. Place in refrigerator until time to eat.
Top with a piece of parchment paper, letting ends extend over edges of plate. Made this pie for Thanksgiving but substituted Bacardi Dark rum for bourbon and everyone loved it! Didn't adjust sugar or cornstarch, but I would suggest decreasing the cooking time. This was the most intensely flavored bourbon pecan pie I have ever made. This recipe for Kentucky Bourbon Pie is straight out of the deep south and mixes pecans, Bourbon (Whiskey) and whipped cream.
