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Down-home Texas Pecan Pie
with Bourbon Laced Whipped Cream

Every family will love this easy-to-make Pecan pie for dessert this Christmas. You can also serve with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream and hot chocolate syrup but serving it with bourbon laced whipped cream will make it a true Southern-style treat.

PECAN PIE

Ingredients:

3 eggs
1 cup dark corn syrup
1 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans (Leave some pecans halved)
1 unbaked 9 inch deep dish pie shell

Directions:

1. In a medium-sized bowl, stir together eggs, syrup, sugar, flour, and vanilla until well blended.

2. Stir in pecans.

3. Pour mixture into pastry shell.

4. Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree F (175 degree C) oven 50 to 55 minutes, until a knife inserted half-way between center and edge comes
out clean.

5. Cool and serve with bourbon laced whipped cream (recipe follows).

Variations:

*Add 4 ounces sweet baking chocolate and reduce sugar to 1/2 cup.
* Add 2-3 tablespoons Jack Daniels liquor or Amaretto liqueur

Makes 1 - 9 inch pie

Note: This pie can also be baked in small fluted foil pans to make 8 to 10 individual pies. Or make tiny individual pies in muffin tins.

BOURBON LACED WHIPPED CREAM

Ingredients:

1 cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon bourbon

Directions:

1. Beat or whisk the cream, sugar, and bourbon until soft peaks form.

2. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve with pie, if desired.

This recipe appeared in Celebrating Christmas PDF Magazine 2005. Click here to download the complete magazine free.