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kentucky bourbon pecan pie

Kentucky Bourbon Pecan Pie

Sheila
Sweet, nutty, and a little boozy this Kentucky Bourbon pie combines rich chocolate and a splash of bourbon into this decadent pie!adapted from Southern Living
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
allow one hour for pie to cool before cutting into slices 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Dessert
Servings 8 slices
Calories 687 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 unbaked Pie Crust
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup dark Karo corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
  • 3 tbsp Bourbon or whiskey
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 6 tbsp melted butter
  • 8 ounces chocolate 60% dark chocolate bar or chips 4 ounces melted with butter / 4 ounces in the bottom of the pie
  • 1 cup chopped Pecans

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Roll out pie dough and lay in pie plate, crimp edges. Set aside.
  • Combine eggs, corn syrup, and sugars. Mix well. Whip until light and fluffy.
  • Add butter and 4 oz chocolate to a glass bowl, microwave for 20 to 30 seconds or until butter is melted and chocolate is starting to melt. Whisk butter and chocolate together.
  • Add bourbon, and vanilla to the sugar and egg mixture, continue to beat. Stop mixer and sprinkle flour and salt over filling, resume mixing at medium to high speed for 3 minutes.  
  • Fold in melted chocolate and butter into sugar and egg mixture.
  • Spread chopped pecans and remaining 4 ounces of chocolate into the bottom of the pie crust. Pour prepared filling in to the pie crust.  
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.  If you are afraid of your crust becoming over done tent tin foil over pie halfway through baking time.  Let pie cool for at least one hour before cutting into it.

Notes

 Best served with whip cream or vanilla ice cream.

Nutrition

Calories: 687kcalCarbohydrates: 86gProtein: 7gFat: 36gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 116mgSodium: 244mgPotassium: 159mgFiber: 3gSugar: 52gVitamin A: 0.2IUCalcium: 37mgIron: 2mg
Keyword bourbon, chocolate, custard, pecan, pie, pie crust
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