
Pumpkin Pecan Pie
Can't decide between pumpkin pie and pecan pie? Have both in this beautiful combination of the two.
Ingredients (19)
Cornmeal Butter Crust
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- ½ cup Yellow Cornmeal
- 2 T Sugar
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 7 tsp Unsalted Butter
- 4 T Water
Pumpkin Filling
- 1¼ cup Canned Pumpkin Puree
- ⅓ cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 2 T Half and Half
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ¾ tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
- ¼ tsp Salt
Pecan Filling
- ¾ cup Light Corn Syrup
- ⅔ cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1½ cup Pecan Halves
Directions
Cornmeal Butter Crust
Mix flour, cornmeal, sugar and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Add butter and pulse until incorporated. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time while pulsing, until a ball forms. Remove and wrap with plastic wrap. Chill at least 30 minutes.
Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 14-inch circle. Fit into a 9-inch pie pan, and crimp excess dough around the edges of the pan. Chill at least 15 minutes.
Pie
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- To prepare the pumpkin filling, combine pumpkin, sugar, egg, half-and-half, vanilla extract, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a bowl. Whisk until smooth.
- To prepare the pecan filling, combine corn syrup, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and salt in a bowl; whisk well. Stir in pecans.
- Pour pumpkin filling into bottom of Cornmeal Butter Crust. Gently spoon pecan filling over pumpkin. Bake on a baking sheet 65 to 70 minutes, until the tip of a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool 1 hour. Chill at least 3 hours before serving.
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