Pecan pie
Pecan pie recipe in the thanksgiving category
Recipe ingredients:
- Crust:
- 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup chilled solid vegetable shortening, cut into small pieces
- 1/4 cup, 1/2 stick, chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 2 tablespoons ice water
- Filling:
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups chopped pecans
Recipe method:
- Make crust:
- Mix first 3 ingredients in processor.
- Add shortening and butter.
- Cut in using on-off turns until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Blend in enough water to form moist clumps.
- Gather into ball. Flatten into disk.
- Wrap in plastic. Chill 1 hour.
- Roll dough on floured work surface to 13-inch round.
- Transfer to 9-inch round cake pan with 1 1/2-inch-high sides.
- Trim to align with pan edges. Freeze 15 minutes.
- Make filling:
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Whisk first 5 ingredients in medium bowl to blend.
- Mix in 3/4 cup pecans. Pour into crust.
- Sprinkle with 1 cup pecans.
- Bake pie until set, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Transfer to rack. Cool.
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