   | This recipe comes from Bobbie Lloyd’s The Magnolia Bakery Handbook. This was a new addition to my 2020 Thanksgiving menu and it was a big hit. I toyed with messing with the recipe and adding chocolate chips and/or Kentucky bourbon, but so glad I didn’t. It was superb just as it was and I wouldn’t want to mess with it. |
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 4 T unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup Karo dark corn syrup
- 1¼ tsp pure vanilla extract
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 cups coarsely chopped pecans, lightly toasted
- preheat oven to 350
- place nuts on a baking sheet and roast for 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly browned and fragrant
- immediately remove from the pan to cool
- 1 (9-inch) Magnolia Bakery’s Classic Pie Dough, parbaked ← I used the Pillsbury pie crust and it was delicious
- 24+ mammoth pecan halves, for decoration
- fresh whipped cream and/or vanilla ice cream, for serving
Instructions
- Position oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350
- Line a baking sheet with foil
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs until thick and light in color
- Add the brown sugar and mix until incorporated
- Add the melted butter and mix just until combined.
- Add the dark corn syrup, vanilla, and salt, stirring until thoroughly combined
- Spread the chopped toasted pecans in the pie shell
- Place the pie on the lined baking sheet
- Very slowly pour the filling into the crust. The pecans will rise to the top as you pour the filling
- Decoratively arrange the mammoth pecans halves on top of the pie
- Bake for 45 to 55 minutes, or until the custard is set. If the crust or pecans begin to darken before your custard is set, cover the top with a piece of foil or a pie shield.
- To test for doneness, the center of the custard should just barely jiggle when you shake the pan
- Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely, at least 4 hours
- Serve with fresh whipped cream and/or vanilla ice cream
Things to think about: while this was amazing just as is, I have request to try do two next year and add Kentucky bourbon and chocolate chips to one of them.