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Upper crust: unique ingredients update classic Southern pecan pie recipes.


BUTTERSCOTCH PECAN PIE

3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup Karo corn syrup
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1 pinch salt
3/4 cup pecans
1/2 bag butterscotch morsels
1 deep-dish pie shell

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large
bowl, whip eggs and sugar until well-combined.
Add corn syrup, vanilla, butter, and
salt, and blend well. Add pecans and butterscotch
morsels, ensuring that all ingredients
are well-blended. Pour mixture into pie shell,
and bake for about 45 minutes or until top of
pie begins to turn golden brown. Allow to
cool until pie becomes firm.


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PECAN PIE

1 1/4 cups sugar
6 tablespoons lightly salted butter
1 cup light corn syrup
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup pecans, chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons Mexican vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1 (9-inch) pie crust, unbaked
French vanilla ice cream
Powdered Sugar for garnish

Place sugar, butter, and corn syrup in
a small pot, and cook over medium-high
heat for 3 minutes. Set aside to
cool. In a bowl, mix eggs, pecans, vanilla,
and salt, and blend with a whisk.
When the syrup mixture has cooled,
combine with pecan mixture. Add
white chocolate chips, and mix well.
Pour into prepared pie crust. Bake in a
convection oven at 275 degrees for 3040
minutes. (Editor's note: For a regular
oven, try baking at 300 degrees for 35-50
minutes; check often as minimum cooking
time approaches.) Remove from oven,
and allow to cool at room temperature.
Wrap pie with plastic wrap, and place
in freezer until frozen or until ready to
serve. Remove from freezer, and allow
to stand at room temperature for 1 hour
before cutting. Heat each portion of pie,
and top with French vanilla ice cream.
Garnish with powdered sugar.


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Fine Dining Mississippi Style

Quail Ridge Press
BUTTERMILK PECAN PIE

1/2 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 eggs
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1 (9-inch) deep-dish pie crust, unbaked

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a large bowl, cream butter and
sugar until fluffy, adding half a cup of sugar at a time. Make
sure mixture is not grainy. Blend in vanilla, and add eggs one at
a time. Add flour and salt a little at a time. Add buttermilk.
Sprinkle pecans in bottom of pie crust, adding more pecans if
necessary to cover, and pour buttermilk mixture on top. Bake
for 1 1/2 hours or until the top browns and is set. Best served
at room temperature.


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KAHLUA PECAN PIE

3 eggs, beaten
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1 stick butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract,
2 tablespoons Kahlua coffee-flavored liquer
2/3 cup pecans, chopped
1 (9-inch)pie shell, unbaked
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine first 7 ingredients. Pour
into pie shell. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top. Bake for 1 hour.


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