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Recipes > Utterly Deadly Southern Pecan




Source of Recipe


Sylvia Subialdea, Hungry Texan (hungry-texan.com), Dallas, Texas, Southern Living


List of Ingredients




/2 (14.1-oz.) package refrigerated piecrusts
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
4 large eggs
1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled to room temperature $
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons milk $
1 1/2 teaspoons bourbon* $
1 1/2 cups pecan halves

Whipped cream if desired.

Recipe



1. Preheat oven to 325°. Fit piecrust into a 10-inch cast-iron skillet; sprinkle piecrust with powdered sugar.

2. Whisk eggs in a large bowl until foamy; whisk in brown sugar and next 6 ingredients. Pour mixture into piecrust, and top with pecan halves.

3. Bake at 325° for 30 minutes; reduce oven temperature to 300°, and bake 30 more minutes. Turn oven off, and let pie stand in oven, with door closed, 3 hours.

*Vanilla extract may be substituted.

Sylvia Subialdea, Hungry Texan (hungry-texan.com), Dallas, Texas, Southern Living
OCTOBER 2011