Grammy's Kitchen · Pecan Pie · Browned Butter Maple Pecan Pie
One of 63 pecan pie recipes we measured
from handletheheat.com
9 cooks on handletheheat.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 63.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 36% | 25% |
| total sugar | 160% | 90% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 100% | 96% |
| egg | 84% | 65% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 17% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 230 g | 1 batch pie dough |
| 85 g | 6 tablespoons (85 grams) unsalted butter |
| 283 g | 2 1/2 cups (283 grams) pecan halves, (roughly chopped) |
| 200 g | 4 large eggs, (at room temperature) |
| 230 g | 3/4 cup (230 grams) real maple syrup, (plus more for finishing) |
| 150 g | 3/4 cup (150 grams) dark brown sugar |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour |
| 1 tablespoon bourbon ((optional)) | |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| Fleur de sel or flaky sea salt, (for serving) |
Method: 12 steps, published by handletheheat.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I can't believe how good htis was! My mom and husband said it's the best pecan pie they've ever had (and we don't mess around with our pies ;). Definitely the favorite this thanksgiving and will be making it again. It even turned out amazing on a garbage stor” — a cook, 5.0★
“I made this pie for Thanksgiving this year & the flavor was absolutely amazing! However, I'm thinking I might have used too many nuts in this first try as it seemed to be more nuts than custard. I suspect that my error was in thinking that the amount neede” — a cook, 5.0★