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The Best Pecan Pie Recipe

The Best Pecan Pie Recipe | Sharing tips and tricks to make the best homemade pecan pie recipe with only six classic ingredients.  Recipes for homemade pie crust and homemade whipped cream included!
Course Desserts
Cuisine American
Keyword pecan pie, pecans, pie
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 1 pie
Calories 271kcal
Author Emily Bruno

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup Karo® Light Corn Syrup
  • 2 tablespoons butter melted
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1-1/2 cups 6 ounces pecans
  • Prepared pie crust

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Add the eggs to a large mixing bowl. Mix well.
  • Add the granulated sugar and mix well.
  • Add the Karo syrup and mix well.
  • Add the COOLED melted butter (or softened butter) and vanilla to the mixture. Mix well.
  • Add the pecans and use a fork to fully incorporate.
  • Pour the mixture into a prepared pie crust.
  • Use a fork to turn each pecan over so that they face the right side up.
  • Bake 60-70 minutes, until the mixture is a deep brown and does not jiggle.
  • Cool completely before cutting into.
  • Store, covered, in the refrigerator.

Notes

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  You don't want to put your pie into a cold oven.   If you use my homemade pie crust recipe, you do not need to bake the pie crust beforehand.  (Purchase an inexpensive oven thermometer to know if your over runs hot or is not calibrated properly.)
  • If you find the crust is browning too quickly, you can create a shield out of foil.  Cut a whole in the center and only loosely cover the crust.  
  • Do not take the pie out too soon.  You want the filling to get gorgeously brown and caramelized.  If you under-bake, the color will remain pale and the flavors will not fully develop.  At 40 minutes remaining the pie will look eggy.  At 30 minutes remaining it will be starting to brown and thicken.  At 20 minutes remaining it will look like hot caramel.  And with only 5-10 minutes left it may even look like burnt caramel.