Bourbon Pecan Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup muscovado sugar or 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup dark molasses
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 -2 tablespoon bourbon (amount to taste)
• 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
• 50 -60 pecan halves (to top pie)
• 1 (9 inch) pie crusts (refrigerated ready-to-bake or homemade)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 blind bake the crust: allow pie crust to reach room temperature.
• 3 line 9" pie pan with crust; fold excess dough over around edges and flute.
• 4 prick crust bottom & sides with a fork and chill pie crust for 30 minutes.
• 5 line crust with parchment and fill with pie weights (or dry beans) and bake for 10 minutes. remove and let cool while preparing filling. remove pie weights and parchment.
• 6 prepare the filling: beat eggs lightly in a large bowl.
• 7 add the sugars, molasses, bourbon, corn syrup, butter and vanilla and mix well.
• 8 stir in the chopped pecans.
• 9 pour the mixture into the crust; arrange pecan halves in concentric circles on top of the filling.
• 10 to bake, place a baking sheet, gently set a crust protector the exposed crust, and bake for 50-55 minutes at 350f until a knife inserted halfway between the crust & center comes out clean.
• 11 cool on a trivet or wire rack.