Pie – nathalieskitchen

My husbands favorite pie is pecan pie. I didn’t want to make a full pecan pie but a smaller bite size version for our dinner party last night. I came up with my own recipe and I think it turned out pretty good!

Bourbon Pecan Tarts

Servings: 4-6
Time: 1hr
Difficulty: easy
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Filling Ingredients –

3 eggs (beaten)
1 cup of light corn syrup
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of dark brown sugar
1/4 cup of bourbon
1 tablespoons of melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups of finely chopped pecans

Directions –

Preheat oven to 350
Beat eggs with fork in a bowl, stir in corn syrup, sugars, bourbon, butter and vanilla
Set aside to prepare shells

You will need a jumbo cup sized muffin pan or tart pan
Roll out any type of pie dough (I use https://www.pennyspies.com recipe)
Cut out 5 inch circle
Place in muffin pan with the sides halfway up the each cup. You should be able to make six.
Evenly spoon pecans into the muffin tins for all six
Pour the liquid mixture evenly to the top of each muffin cup
Bake for 20-25 minutes (depending on your oven)
Insert cake tester in the center and it comes out clean they are cooked.
Let cool and remove from the pan
Serve with vanilla ice cream

Enjoy!

My friend Clifford came over to cook with me this weekend. One thing that really excited me is when I have friends and family share recipes that they have been making for years. Clifford called his grandmother Maggie who lives in the south to get her recipe for Chess Pie. Apparently she’s been making this pie since the 1940’s.

We made it and it turned out amazing! So simple and so delicious!

Chess Pie (Buttermilk Pie)

Servings: 6-8
Time: 1hr 15mins
Difficulty: easy
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Filling Ingredients –

2 cups of sugar
6 eggs (beaten)
2 tablespoons of flower
2/3 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup of melted butter
1 teaspoon of vanilla

Combine sugar and flower and mix well. Add in beaten eggs and buttermilk mix well. Add melted butter and vanilla.

Bake at 350 for 45-1 hour (you should be able to put a toothpick in the center and be clean when removing)

(we baked ours for a little longer, it depends on your oven. Watch your pie.

Let cool and serve.

Pie Crust –

You can use any pie crust you want.

About 2 years ago, I took a class with Penny and learned her amazing technique (https://www.pennyspies.com). It simple and easy and delicious. This is the pie crust I used when we made this pie.

I hope you enjoy!