Southern Belle Chocolate Praline Pecan Pie
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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3 pies
ingredients
- 3 9-inch pie shells
- 177.44 ml butter
- 6 large eggs
- 2 (907.18 g) box light brown sugar
- 44.37 ml unsweetened cocoa powder
- 78.78 ml evaporated milk
- 1.23 ml salt
- 9.85 ml vanilla extract
- 29.58 29.58 ml Tia Maria or 29.58 ml Amaretto
- 473.18 ml chopped pecans
- 18 pecan halves, for decoration
directions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Melt the butter and set aside.
- Beat the eggs in a large mixing bowl.
- Sift the brown sugar into the eggs (yes, sift) and mix well.
- Add the remaining ingredients except for the pecan halves and mix thoroughly.
- NOTE: If you don't want to add the 2 Tablespoons of alcohol, then increase the vanilla extract amount to 1 Tablespoon.
- Distribute the pie filling evenly between the 3 pie crusts, and decorate the tops of each pie with 6 pecan halves in a pinwheel pattern.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes then reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake for another 35 minutes.
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Reviews
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A terrific addition to my Thanksgiving repertoire! The chocolate flavor is very subtle and the amaretto and very soft (I didn't sift) brown sugar gave it a wonderful smoothness. I bought a 2 lb. bag of sugar, made sure it was very soft, with no lumps and just dumped it in instead of sifting. Turned out perfect in taste, although a bit brown so will probably bake just for only 30 min. next time - a definite keeper!
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I took this delicious pie to a friend's for Thanksgiving. My pie plate measured about 9.5 inches so I made 1/3 of the recipe plus a little bit more. The math become a little complicated, but it turned out well. I did overcook it a bit so the texture was fudgy, but it really tasted good. My husband gave this a big thumbs up!
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I've made this twice now but didn't review it the first time because I goofed and left the melted butter in the microwave until abut 15 minutes into the baking time. I belatedly mixed it in, but then wasn't sure how much longer to cook it. It was yummy, but the consistency was a little weird. The second time I came perilously close to forgetting the butter again. It might be helpful if in step 5 you listed the remaining ingredients. I only made one pie each time, using 2 1/4 cups of brown sugar since I had a large bag of brown sugar rather than the conveniently labeled 16 oz box. The Kahlua and chocolate combination is scrumptious and I'll defineitly make this pie again.
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As you can tell, I'm from Georgia---a rather tattered old Southern Belle by now,
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been married to the same DH for 35 years, and we have two sons. My sweet and lovely
stepdaughter has given us two little grand-
daughters who are the lights of our lives.
We had an antique shop for 7 years back in
the late 80's, and I think we are getting
back into the Biz next month--not a regular
shop again, but just doing some of the shows
once or twice a month. I love to read(I collect biographies),do needlepoint and cross-stitch, go antiqueing, and visit the
grandbabies. My very favorite cookbook is
"The Joy of Cooking" by Irma Rombauer. I got
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I have tried to get rid of most of my pet
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