Southern Pecan Pie
Ingredients:
- 1 (9-inch) frozen pie crust, or Make your own
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans (or pecan halves)
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
- 3 tbsp. salted butter, melted
- 1 cup dark corn syrup
- 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Take frozen pie crust out of the freezer and place it on a baking sheet while preparing the filling. Or, if you are using the Wham Bam pie crust, prepare the crust, prick it with a few holes using a fork, and then stick it in the refrigerator while preparing filling.
Cook’s Note: my step-by-step photos are using the frozen, store-bought pie crust and some of my final photos are with my Wham Bam Pie Crust just to show you how versatile this recipe is. I’ve updated the photos of this recipe over the years. I’ve used pecan pieces and pecan halves. It’s all a matter of what you enjoy.For those of you who may be new to baking, when a recipe calls for beaten eggs, that means you need to whisk (or use a fork) the eggs together before adding them to the batter. This just helps the eggs to better incorporate into the rest of the batter.
Here’s another tip: to easily measure and pour corn syrup, spray a little nonstick cooking spray in your measuring cup first. This will allow the sticky corn syrup to easily glide out of your measuring cup (works great for peanut butter and molasses too!)
In a medium bowl, whisk together beaten eggs, sugar, melted butter, corn syrup, ground cinnamon and vanilla extract until thoroughly combined.
Place the pecans into the bottom of your pie crust. Then pour the filling on top of the pecans.
You’ll notice that the pecans will start to float to the top.
I like to put my pie on a baking sheet to make it easier to put in and take out of the oven. But if you are using your own pie pan, you can skip that step. Bake for about 45-50 minutes.
Around the 20 minute mark, you may want to add some aluminum foil around the edges of your pie crust to keep it from getting too browned. Oven times do vary, but basically, the middle of the pie should be set when done (not overly jiggly) and the center will puff up a bit.
Enjoy!Southern Pecan Pie
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 50 mins
Total Time 1 hr
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6
Calories: 652 kcal
Author: The Country Cook
Ingredients
- 1 9-inch frozen pie crust or make your own
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans or pecan halves
- 3 eggs beaten
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
- 3 tbsp salted butter melted
- 1 cup dark corn syrup
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- Take frozen pie crust out of the freezer and place it on a baking sheet while preparing the filling.
- Or, if you are using the Wham Bam pie crust, prepare the crust, prick it with a few holes using a fork, and then stick it in the refrigerator while preparing filling.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together beaten eggs, sugar, melted butter, corn syrup, ground cinnamon and vanilla extract until thoroughly combined.
- Place the pecans into the bottom of your pie crust.
- Then pour the filling on top of the pecans.
- Bake for about 45-50 minutes.
- Around the 20 minute mark, you may want to add some aluminum foil around the edges of
- your pie crust to keep it from getting too browned.
- Oven times do vary, but basically, the middle of the pie should be set when done (not overly jiggly) and the center will puff up a bit.
- full recipe: https://www.thecountrycook.net/southern-pecan-pie
