butter pecan pie
Butter Pecan Pie Crust 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 7 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cut up 1/4 cup ice water Sift 1 cup of the flour and the salt into a la...
Ingredients
- 1cupplus 3 tablespoons flour
- 1/2teaspoonsalt
- 7tablespooncold, unsalted butter, cut up
- 1/4cupice water
- 1/2cuppecan pieces or halves, dry roasted until dark
- 3large eggs
- 1cupgranulated sugar
- 1cupdark corn syrup
Directions
- 1
Butter Pecan Pie Crust 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 7 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cut up 1/4 cup ice water Sift 1
- 2
Add butter, and working quickly with a light touch, cut butter into the flour with a spoon and fingertips until mixture is the texture of co
- 3
Add ice water and stir until well blended
- 4
Form the dough into a ball and place on a flat surface floured with the remaining 3 tablespoons flour
- 5
With a floured rolling pin, roll out dough to a thickness of 1/4 to 1/8 inch
- 6
Place an ungreased 8 1/2-inch round pie pan face down on top of the dough and cut around the pan, leaving a 3/4-inch border
- 7
Lightly flour the top of the dough and fold it in quarters
- 8
Carefully place dough in the pie pan, with the points of the folded dough centered