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The Best Buttery Pecan Pie

Pecan pie with an enhanced buttery taste from butter extract and a stovetop cooking technique to precook the filling before baking the pie.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Cooling Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 554 kcal

Equipment

  • pie shield (see Recipe Notes for instructions on making one)

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pie crust
  • ½ cup (1 stick) salted butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 teaspoon butter extract
  • 3 large eggs, beaten
  • 1 ¼ cups raw pecans, halves or chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place the crust in a pie pan and dock (prick) it with a fork. Place a pie crust shield on the outer crust and bake for 10 minutes.
  • Reduce the oven heat to 350 degrees F. Melt the butter in a saucepan on low heat. Add the sugar and corn syrup and stir until the sugar melts. Set aside to cool for 15 minutes.
  • Add the butter extract and eggs to the cooled butter mixture. (See Recipe Notes for instructions on tempering the eggs.) Stir to mix well. Stir in the pecans.
  • Pour the filling into the prepared pie crust. Add the pie shield and bake for 50 minutes. Cool the pie to set the filling.

Notes

How to Make a Pie Crust Shield (refer to photos in post)

  1. Tear off a sheet of aluminum foil that will cover the top of the pie.
  2. Fold it in half.
  3. And then fold it in half again.
  4. Cut off the corner, leaving behind a chunky “L” shape.
  5. Open the aluminum foil to reveal a hole.
  6. Pinch each side of the foil to modify the size and make it smaller if it is too big to fit the crust.
  7. Refold the foil and cut it again if the hole is too small.

How to Temper Eggs

Temper the eggs before adding them to the butter mixture. Tempering helps ensure that the eggs don't cook into small pieces and ruin the filling.
  • First, break the eggs into a bowl and whisk them.
  • Add a tablespoon or two of the warm butter mixture to the eggs, whisking the entire time.
  • Then add the eggs to the butter mixture, whisking well.

Butter Extract Sources

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Nutrition

Calories: 554kcalCarbohydrates: 70gProtein: 5gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 102mgSodium: 235mgPotassium: 114mgFiber: 2gSugar: 58gVitamin A: 480IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 35mgIron: 1mg
Keyword buttery pecan pie, Pecan Pie
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