Author Notes
This recipe is one my mom altered from her grandmother's recipe for pecan pie. We have been making it for every holiday since I can remember and baking them up as gifts for almost everyone we know. It is a recipe that everyone finds a place in their hearts to love, even those who "do not have sweet tooths" or "don't like pecan pie." Its all in the ingredients: local honey and a delicious flaky crust. —Sarah King
Ingredients
- Pie Crust
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1/3 cup
heaping vegetable shortening
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2 cups
flour
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1 teaspoon
salt
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1/4 cup
cold water
- Pie Filling
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4 tablespoons
flour
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1 teaspoon
salt
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3/4 cup
sugar
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1 cup
heavy cream
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1 cup
corn syrup
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1 cup
honey
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4
eggs
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4 teaspoons
vanilla extract
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1 cup
pecans
Directions
- Pie Crust
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Cut the shortening and flour and salt together in a bowl with a fork or pastry cutter until the shortening is in pea sized chunks.
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Add water and mix, adding more water my the tablespoon if needed, until the dough barely comes together. Wrap the dough in plastic and place in the fridge for a few hours.
- Pie Filling
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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
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Mix the flour, salt, and sugar together in a small bowl. Set aside.
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With a whisk, thoroughly combine the cream, corn syrup and honey in a large bowl. Add eggs and vanilla, mix well.
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Next, add the flour-sugar mixture to the honey-egg mixture.
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Remove pie crust from the fridge and divide into two pieces. Roll our each piece into a circle and place into pie pans. Crimp the edges. Place crusts on cookie sheets to avoid sugar falling into your oven, just in case.
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Place half a cup of pecans into each pie crust then half the filling into each. Bake for 45 min or until the pies are set, not runny but still with a slight jiggle.
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