Mystery Pie

Submitted by mandabears

"I think this is an Heloise recipe. Strange ingredients with an excellent result."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 1 pie

ingredients

• 1 cup pinto beans, cooked without seasoning
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 4 ounces butter
• 4 eggs, well beaten
• 2 tablespoons dark corn syrup
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 9-inch pie shell, unbaked
• 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Drain and beats beans until smooth.
3. In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
4. Add eggs, corn syrup, vanilla and salt.
5. Mix in beans.
6. Pour into pie shell.
7. Sprinkle pecans on top.
8. Bake for 45-60 minutes or until knife inserted into center comes out clean.
9. Cool.
10. Serve with whipped cream or cool whip.

Reviews

[ConvivialJen]

I used Splenda for baking and it is still teeth chattering sweet. I guess since It's a kind of a "mock Pecan" pie that shouldn't have suprised me. I doubled to get two pies, and got 4! Thank goodness I had extra pie shells. It's an interesting pie but not exceptional. Thanks for sharing it!