Grammy's Kitchen · Pecan Pie · The Best Pecan Pie
One of 63 pecan pie recipes we measured
from www.culinaryhill.com
It ranks #63 of 63 for bottom crispness among the pecan pie recipes we compared. 30 cooks on www.culinaryhill.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 63.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 130% | 25% |
| liquid | 49% | 0% |
| total sugar | 311% | 90% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 94% | 96% |
| egg | 100% | 65% |
| salt | 6% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 17% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 150 g | 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour |
| 12 g | 1 tablespoon granulated sugar |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 38 g | 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening (cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled (see note 2)) |
| 71 g | 5 tablespoons butter (cut into 1/4-inch pieces and chilled (see note 2)) |
| 74 g | 4 to 6 tablespoons ice water |
| 85 g | 6 tablespoons butter |
| 198 g | 1 cup brown sugar (packed (7 ounces)) |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 150 g | 3 eggs |
| 255 g | 3/4 cup honey (or light corn syrup (see note 3)) |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon vanilla extract |
| 218 g | 2 cups chopped pecans (divided (see note 4)) |
Method: 11 steps, published by www.culinaryhill.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I love that you use store bought pastry for your best pecan pie! Less work definitely equals better even before you've tasted it! Thank you for the recipe, Meggan. I've had a couple of pieces of bought pecan pie lately which were good, but not that good. I ” — a cook, 5.0★
“Hi Meggan! I made this yesterday. It wasn't thick as I anticipated it going to turn out as well as light in color like the picture. My husband likes costcos pie because it is thick. Was this recipe supposed to not be thick?” — a cook, 4.0★