My Mother's Brown Sugar Pecan Pie

Submitted by Dan-Amer 1

"My mother loved this pie and made it whenever she had an occasion to do so. As to the amount of pecans to use her recipe says "as many pecans as you can spare"."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 1 pie

ingredients

• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shells
• 2 cups dark brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1⁄4 lb butter (scant)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• pecans

directions

1. Cream the butter and the brown sugar together, then add the eggs, one at a time, stirring each in well but not beating. Add 1 tsp vanilla extract and as many pecans as you can spare. Pour into the unbaked pie crust and bake in a preheated 350 F oven until the pie is firm.

Reviews

[Sherrybeth]

I can't give this any stars because it was a "hot mess" as my daughter would say. I don't know if it needed flour, more eggs or what, but all I ended up with was a runny, sugary mess. It had a very rich flavor and was almost too sweet. I will say that when it was done (per the toothpick test), it was beautiful but after cooling for several hours and being served, it was not edible at all as a pie. I probably could have used it as a topping for ice cream.