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Loveless Pecan Pie Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 1/4 cups pecan pieces
1 (10-inch) pie crust, pre-baked
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
6 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
Cinnamon Pecan Caramel, for serving

Caramel:
2 cups brown sugar
4 Tbsp butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Put pecans in pre-baked pie shell. In a large bowl whisk the remaining ingredients together until smooth. Pour the custard mixture over the nuts and bake the pie until the filling puffs and rises above the edges of the pie shell, about 30 minutes. Carefully remove the pie from oven and let it cool completely before serving. Drizzle the pie with Cinnamon Pecan Caramel and serve.

Caramel: Mix all ingredients together in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is smooth.

Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I added a jigger full of Bourbon when I made this for the first time while in Tennessee with friends for Thanksgiving. It was a huge hit!

Recipe at the The Loveless Cafe and adopted from a Paula Deen episode: "Southern Soul"

 

 

 

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