"Dot's Ultimate Southern Pecan Pie Recipe

By RoketJSquerl

Dot's easy, make-ahead Ultimate Southern Pecan Pie is chock-full of sweet crunchy pecans, and the light caramel custard filling is out of this world delicious!

Ingredients

• 2 cups chopped pecans toasted
• 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
• 8 Tbsp unsalted butter melted
• 2 1/3 cups brown sugar packed
• 4 large eggs beaten
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• pinch of salt
• 4 Tbsp whole milk
• 1 frozen unbaked deep dish 9-inch pie shell thawed, or 2 regular frozen unbaked 9-inch pie shells*
• Optional: Whipped cream, whipped topping or vanilla ice cream for serving

Details

Adapted from gritsandpinecones.com

Preparation

Step 1

INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
Combine the melted butter, flour, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt, and milk in a large bowl and mix well.
Pour the pecans into the pie shell and spread out evenly.
Pour the syrup mixture evenly over the pecans. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 60 minutes or until the filling is set.
Cool completely and serve.
RECIPE NOTES
*This recipe makes two regular size pies. I only had one deep dish pie shell which is what I used and I put all of the pecans in it. If you do use a deep dish pie shell, you will have a small amount of custard left over. If you use two regular pie shells, divide the pecans evenly between both of the pies and divide the custard evenly between the two as well.