Texas Pecan Pie


Ingredients
- One 9-inch Pure Butter Pie Crust
- 1 1/2 cups pecan halves or pieces
- 3/4 cup evaporated milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 6 pouches (1 1/2 cups) Redi-Measure Light Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Prepare or thaw a 9-inch piecrust. Place on a foil or parchment lined cookie tray for easy clean up after baking. Pour pecan halves or pieces in pie shell and set aside.
- Using a whisk combine evaporated milk, eggs, vanilla, salt and melted butter. Whisk in brown sugar and granulated sugar and combine well. Pour filling over pecans; pecans will float to surface.
- Place in oven at 400°F. After 10 minutes reduce heat to 350°F and bake until center no longer trembles, about 35-45 minutes.
I have been making this pie with this crust for 40 years. This year my son said. I don't care what else we have as long as you make pecan pie! This is what he means!
This was a fabulous pecan pie! I didn't have corn syrup and had leftover evaporated milk from a pumpkin pie I had just made so I used this recipe. I did run short on brown sugar I only had about 1 1/4 but the end pie was sweet enough. I will be making this pie from now on. I also increased the vanilla to 1 1/2 tsp. This will be our thanksgiving pie from now on.
My dearest friend is from San Antonio, Texas...and Lordy, she makes the best pecan pie ever! She won't give me her recipe, but I suspect that it's from the Imperial cookbook. lol She loves baking pies for everybody, and keeping her recipe secret, she's always in demand. :)
My Grandma had a recipe she got off the sugar bag many years ago. She always loved this recipe and my family does too. I am lucky to have the recipe she got off that bag.