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John Thorne's Best-Ever Pecan Pie Recipe
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John Thorne's Best-Ever Pecan Pie Recipe

8 ingredients 25 min + 2 hr 10 min 1 (9-inch) pie (8 to 10 servings) openrecipes
John Thorne's Best-Ever Pecan Pie Recipe

John Thorne, author of the Simple Cooking newsletter, likes making this pecan pie (featured in Richard Sax's Classic Home Desserts) with a combination of Lyle...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

370
Calories
10g
Protein
20g
Fat
31g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Corn 1/2 cup kernels (82g) 77
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Rum 1/2 oz (15ml) 32
Pecan 1 half (4g) 20
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Syrup not in our table 0
Pie not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup packed light brown sugar , dark muscovado sugar, turbinado sugar, or light brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup light corn syrup or Lyle’s Golden Syrup
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/2 stick), at room temperature, plus more for coating the pie plate
  • 2 tablespoons dark rum
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 cups pecan halves , coarsely chopped (about 8 ounces)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon fine salt

Directions

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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