Mom's pecan pie
 
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Classic pecan pie in an all-butter crust. Made from a few simple ingredients, this classic pecan pie is delicious with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 1 9-inch pie
Ingredients
Crust
  • 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 7 Tbsp. unsalted butter
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 4 Tbsp. ice water
Filling
  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1 c. light corn syrup
  • 4 Tbsp. melted butter, cooled slightly
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1½ tsp. vanilla
  • 3½ c. pecans
Instructions
  1. To make the crust, place the flour and salt in a bowl and cut the butter into it in 1 tablespoon pieces.
  2. With cold hands (run them under cold water or squeeze ice cubes), squeeze the butter into the flour until it resembles and mixture of crumbs and pea-sized pieces.
  3. Sprinkle the water over and mix gently. Squeeze a bit of the dough to see if it holds. If it's still to crumbly, add a little more water.
  4. Form the dough into a disc, then wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour.
  5. Preheat oven to 350 F.
  6. When ready to bake, roll out until about 1 inch lager than your pie plate.
  7. Press into a pie plate and crimp edges.
  8. To make the filling, stir together all the ingredients except pecans in a mixing bowl.
  9. Stir in the pecans until well coated.
  10. Pour filling into prepared crust.
  11. Bake 50-55 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
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