Recipes
pecan pie
Heidi’s Pecan Pie
Makes 1 pie
Ingredients
1 pie shell, par-baked
3/4 cups Pecans
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup honey
2 eggs
2 oz. butter (1/2 stick)
1 Tbs. flour
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Method
Mix maple syrup, honey, eggs, butter, flour and vanilla.
Sprinkle pecans evenly into the pie shell.
Pour maple syrup filling blend over the pecans.
Bake at 325 degrees until bubbly, about 25 minutes.
Reduce heat to 275 and bake for an additional 5 – 10 minutes.
It will be a little jiggly, so let cool before serving.
*** We love to provide healthy, savory, happy recipes but remember we are not your doctor. Please follow the advice of your health-care provider about your diet and overall wellness and review labels for additional information on nutritional content.
Debbie’s Perfect Pie Crust
Makes 2 single crust pies or one double 8″
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, cold
4-6 Tbs. ice water
Method
Cut the butter into quarter-inch pieces and chill while assembling the rest of the ingredients.
Put the flour & salt in a large bowl & whisk together.
Prepare the ice water like you are making yourself a drink. You don’t need to strain and measure the water until you add it.
Cut in the chilled butter using a pastry blender, or fork. Continue cutting until the flour-coated butter pieces are the size of oatmeal flakes. Stop blending and add 4 Tbs. ice water quickly and evenly.
Mix with a wooden spoon. In a dry climate you will probably need two more Tbs. to get the dough to come together. Resist the temptation to add more than that.
Using your hands, knead dough into two shaggy flat discs.
Wrap in saran wrap for an hour. During that time the dough will relax and smooth out some.
Now, just add your pie filling, or try ours:
• Heidi’s punkin’ pie
• Debbie’s apple crumble pie
• Lizzy’s homemade canned apple pie
• Heidi’s pecan pie
*** We love to provide healthy, savory, happy recipes but remember we are not your doctor. Please follow the advice of your health-care provider about your diet and overall wellness and review labels for additional information on nutritional content.
