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Looks great

Joe! Pecan pie is a favorite of mine, but I have not yet come across pecan cream pie.

In a few minutes, I will set the sponge for a batch of rolls for Thursday.

Baking is one of my most favorite things to do with my clothes ON.

Lawrence/Maytagbear
 
Joe, the pie looks delicious
Holiday baking will start Wednesday morning for me, making a few sour cherry pies, and being forced to make a pumpkin pie(though pumpkin anything isn't welcome at my table), and dinner rolls.
Was going to make a raisin custard pie too, but since I'm dieting I chose not to
 
Ditto on the Formica

I'm going to make an Indian pie for Thursday.  It has pecans in it (along with raisins, cloves and a splash of booze), but scares people off because the filling resembles mincemeat.  That just means more for me!
 


There will be more to come.  I'm fixing another of these pies for Thursday, Betty Feezor's Chocolate Pie, Paula Deen's Corn Casserole, Sweet Potato Casserole to take to an evening gathering.  My family and I will dine out for lunch since there's just the 3 of us now.
 
Recipe

Pecan Cream Pie:

 

Makes 1 (9-inch) pie

 

Deep dish Pie crust, you can roll out your own or do like me and buy the pet-ritz ready made

1 8oz. package cream cheese, softened

1 cup of sugar

3 large eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided  (I go a little heavy on this)

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 cup dark corn syrup

2 tablespoons butter, melted

1/8 tsp. salt

1/13 cups chopped pecans

 

Preheat oven to 350.

Prepare your pie crust

 

(I use the KitchenAid wire whip for this)

 

Beat cream cheese, sugar and 1 egg at medium speed until well combined.  Beat in 1 tsp vanilla. 

Pour mixture into pie shell

 

Topping:

Whisk together brown sugar, corn syrup, remaining 2 eggs, melted butter, remaining 1 tsp vanilla, salt.  Stir in pecans

Pour mixture over cream cheese layer and make for 40-45 mins or until center is set.  Let cool for 1 hour before serving.

 

Remember, this is a fairly forgiving recipe and you can adjust ingredients to your more personal taste and still achieve a good result.

 

(Does Not require refrigeration)
 
Mine starts tomorrow- making pie crusts for 2 apple pies and a 2 pumpkin. The crusts have to be refrigerated overnight or they crumble, and the pies have to be made the day before or the top crusts crumble when cut.
 
Joe...

That Cream Pecan Pie is Death...

I made it for a friend and ended up taking a few slices out of it.

Oral Orgasm ??? You Betcha.

Fabulous and most of all Delish. Thanks for sharing that.

Might go on next years Dessert List at the Restaurant.
 
I baked stuff

From 8 pm until 5 am this morning, and im starting again!! I made pies last night and we took them to Dons Mom and Dads house, tonight I have a pineapple casserole fixed ready to bake in the morning...Macaroni boiling for Mary Macs Tea Room Mac and Cheese, a Pineapple Sunshine cake made and im getting ready to start making bread.

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Ah Yes!

Let it rip Hans!  This evening I came home from work and fixed another one of those Pecan Pies, 2 Betty Feezor Chocolate Pies, Sweet Potato Pudding, and Paula Deen's Corn Casserole.  Lord, how good that thing smelled!
 
Lady and Sons!

Hans, I've been there and it certainly was among the best southern cooking I've ever had.  Go with an empty stomach and you must try Paula's Gooey Butter Cake.
 
Grated Sweet Potato Pudding..

This is something I have to make every year, Dons mother loves it.It came from My Mothers Cousins wife, who was known in Lenoir for being a great cook.
3 cups grated sweet potatos
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 TBSP flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves
1 1/2 cups milk
4 TBSP melted butter
Combine in order given, bake at 350 for about an hour until crusty and brown.
 
Two pecan pies baked last night.

Recipe:

Deer Valley Pecan Pie

originally published in Sunset Magazine 11/1997; originated by Letty Flatt, pastry chef at Deer Valley Lodge, Park City, Utah

1 3/4 cups pecan halves or pieces
6 tbsp. butter or margarine
3 large eggs
2 tbsp. flour
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 tsp. vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 350. Spread pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet or pan; bake at 350 until nuts are fragrant and slightly darkened, about 7-8 minutes

2. In saucepan, cook butter or margarine over high heat until it just begins to turn brown and have a nutty aroma, about 4-5 minutes; remove from heat

3. Finely grind 1/4 cup of the pecans in a food processor or blender. Place the remaining whole pecans (the ones not ground) in the prebaked pie crust.

4. Beat eggs until blended. Add ground pecans, butter, flour, brown sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla. Mix well. Pour into prebaked crust over the whole pecans.

5. Bake at 350 until center is set when pan is gently shaken; about 25-35 minutes. Let stand until cool.

Quick & Easy Pie Crust

1 1/2 cups flour
2 tbsp. cold milk
2 tbsp. sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 tsp. salt

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and knead into a ball. The dough should be moist enough to hold itself into a ball without cracking; if it’s too dry, add a bit of oil and re-knead until it’s moist and holds itself together. Place in 9” pie pan and flatten the ball of dough. Work the dough, using your palms, up the sides of the pie. Pinch or fork pattern the crust to your preference.

The crust can be prebaked at 350 for 20-30 minutes, until light golden brown, for recipes that require a prebaked crust (as in the above recipe). For recipes that bake for an hour (e.g. apple pie), the crust can be filled and baked without prebaking. Whole wheat flour can be used and will taste almost like graham cracker crust; a bit more oil

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Kelly

I miss Kelly. I knew once this season began his absence would be poignant. If we miss him, his family misses him more. Particularly as the holidays roll around and he's not there to prepare the feasts which bound his family together for those events. RIP Kelly. I now many of us are thinking about you and miss you as the recipes and baked products pictures emerge through threads.
 
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