Easy Pecan Pie
Cosy, comforting and full of warming spices, this easy Pecan Pie recipe is the perfect wintery dessert. Serve warm with a scoop of salted caramel ice cream for extra indulgence!
Ingredients
For the shortbread pastry
- 200 g Plain flour swap for gluten-free plain white flour to make this recipe gluten-free
- 50 g Icing sugar
- 0.25 tsp Salt
- 150 g Unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
For the pecan filling
- 25 g Unsalted butter
- 50 g Golden syrup
- 75 g Light brown sugar
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 2 large Eggs
- 150 g Pecans
- 75 g White chocolate chunks optional
Instructions
Start by making the pastry case
- Preheat oven to 160°C (fan oven).
- Lightly grease a 9-inch round tart tin (preferably loose-bottom) with a bit of butter.
- In a large bowl stir the flour, icing sugar and salt together.
- Add the melted butter and vanilla extract, and stir together until the mixture comes together to make a pastry dough.
- Press the pastry dough out in the bottom and sides of the tart tin and prick the base all over with a fork.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes until light golden brown. If the pastry has puffed up, use the back of a spoon to gently press it down to create enough of a dip for the filling.
Now make the pecan filling
- Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup and cinnamon together in a small saucepan set over a low heat. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes.
- In a separate large bowl whisk the eggs together.
- Pour the melted ingredients into the whisked eggs and stir everything together until combined.
- Roughly chop up the pecans (saving 8 whole ones for later) and add these to the bowl along with the white chocolate chunks. Mix everything together.
- Pour the mixture into the pastry case and arrange the whole pecans on top around the edge.
- Bake for 20 minutes at 160°C, then reduce the temperature to 140°C and bake for a further 10 minutes or until the filling has set on the outside but is still slightly wobbly in the middle. If you find that pastry is browning too much, carefully place a piece of foil over the tin.
- Leave to cool down for 30 minutes or so, before slicing and serving with ice-cream.
Notes
Store your Pecan Pie in the fridge, wrapped in foil, for up to 3 days.
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