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Pecan Pie

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 6 tablespoons salted butter room temperature
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar packed
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup dark corn syrup
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons bourbon Maker’s Mark
  • Zest an orange
  • 2 ½ cups pecans
  • 1 baked pie shell

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350. In the bowl of a stand mixer or with a hand mixer, cream together the butter and brown sugar
  • After butter and sugar are well combined, add in the eggs one at a time. Mix the eggs and butter together until fully incorporated
  • Add the vanilla bean paste, dark corn syrup, salt, bourbon, orange zest and mix. Set the filling aside
  • Coarsely chop 1 ½ cups of the pecans. Lay the chopped pecan in an even layer on the bottom of the par-baked 9” pie shell. Pour the filling over top. Only fill until the pie filling is just under the rim. (note: be careful not to over fill the pie as it will puff slightly when it bakes.)
  • Arrange the remaining cup of pecans on top of the filling and bake for 50 minutes-1 hour. You will know the pie is done when if you shake it there is just a slight jiggle in the middle of the pie