I'm not even a sweets person but I have to say, this pie is absolutely to die for; it just exudes holiday perfection on a serving dish. So, if you're looking for some great recipe ideas; or just looking to jazz up your existing feast, you've come to the right place.
Perfect Bourbon Pecan Pie
What you'll need for the dough:
-3.5 cups of cake flour
-1/3 cup sugar
-pinch of salt
-1/2 cup water
-1.5 cups solid vegetable shortening
How you'll do it:
-Combine your flour, salt, sugar, water and shortening in your food processor or electric mixer bowl. Mix on low speed until all ingredients are well combined and dough is smooth in texture
-divide the dough into two pieces and press each piece out to form a 6-inch disc
-wrap each one and refrigerate for at least one hour and up to one week. This gives you enough dough for two bottom crusts or one bottom/ top crust pie.
-preheat oven to 375 and bake the pie "blind" in your pie pan for 30 minutes to form a pre-baked shell
For the Filling:
-1.5 cups chopped pecans
-1 cup whole half-pecans
-4 eggs
-1/2 cup sugar
-6 tbsp melted butter
-6 tbsp bourbon
-1/2 cup molasses
-pinch of salt
-1/2 cup dark corn syrup
How you'll do it:
-place the chopped pecans in the pie shell; neatly arrange the half-pecans on top.
-in a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar together until dissolved; add your melted butter, bourbon, molasses, salt and corn syrup
-pour gently over the pecans
-bake for 45 minutes in a 350F oven; checking pie is done when you can press slightly on the pecans in the center and no liquid appears to run out
Enjoy with a glass of holiday rum-spiked eggnog with a dash of nutmeg and Ooo la la!
Happy Holidays! Much more to come!
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