Recipe for cooking southern delight pecan pie

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Nut Pies

Southern Delight Pecan Pie

Posted by Shellbob65 at recipegoldmine.com April 2001

1 c. dark corn syrup
3/4 c. sugar
6 Tbsp. butter
3 lrg. eggs
1/8 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. bourbon
1/4 c. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring
2 c. pecan halves or pieces (or 1 c. halves and
    pieces and 1/2 c. ground pecans)
1 deep dish pie crust, unbaked
1 (9-in.) glass pie pan

To make filling, combine corn syrup and sugar in saucepan and stir to mix. Remove from heat, add butter and allow butter to melt. In a mixing bowl, whisk eggs until liquid and whisk in salt, bourbon, cinnamon and vanilla extract or flavoring. Whisk in syrup and butter mixture, being careful not to overmix. Allow to cool. (If you are making a crust, do so now, while the filling cools.)

Set oven rack at the lowest level of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.

Arrange pecans in crust. Skim any foam from top of filling (or the top will have an unattractively mottled surface), and pour over the pecans. With the back of a fork, press the pecans down into the filling so that they are covered.

Bake the pie for about 45 mins., until the crust is baked through and the filling is set and well puffed in the center.

Cool the pie on a rack and serve warm or at room temperature with vanilla ice cream.