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Pecan Pie Thursday, December 31, 2020, 03:10 PM

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I made the Taste of Texas Pecan Pie for New Years.

I used Trader Joes frozen crust and it was miserable! As you can see from the pictures, it all broke into strips. I had to lay it into the pan and press it together. Far from ideal.

I cooked it for about 1:45 at the 300°F (though I did closer to 310°F) and then I meant to turn it down but I honestly can't recall if I did or not. Either way, I did another 45 min at whatever temp I used.

I made one big one (with about 10-12 oz pecans) and then four littles. The last little one, I did the liquid first then the pecans since I didn't want to go to a fifth one! You can kind of see that in the photo. It was, the back left in the oven and I think the back right in the cooked photo.

They really puffed up but eventually settled down when cooling. Actually, a bit more than I would have liked but they still came out pretty good.

Thoughts

I was not overly happy with the result. First, it was super hard to cut. That may have been because there were too many pecans and they weren't chopped. It was around 12oz whereas the first time, I used about 8.

And the crust kind of came apart. And finally, it may have been a bit over cooked. Not 100% sure.

Future

I added the note to the page, but you MUST put something under the pan if using the spring-form! It was such a mess and filled the kitchen with smoke the next day! I ended up using the steam cleaner on it.

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