Grandmother Thorntons Pecan Pie Recipes

SOUTHERN GRANDMA'S PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400.
• Beat eggs.
• Add sugar and flour until sugar is dissolved.
• Add syrup, melted butter, pecans and vanilla. Mix well.
• Pour into pie shell.
• Beginning at outer edge of filling, place a row of pecan halves around top. Continue with other rounds until top is covered.
• Carefully place pie in oven.
• Bake at 400 for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350.
• Make a tent of aluminum foil; place over pie. Be careful not to touch filling!
• Bake around one more hour, or until filling is set.
• Remove from oven.

GRANDMA'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Beat egg whites until very fluffy.
• Add baking powder.
• Very slowly add sugar while mixer beats (will become thick and heavy).
• With rubber spatula, fold in cracker crumbs (you can roller crackers in a plastic bag to make fine crumbs).
• Fold in nuts and vanilla.
• Pour into greased 8" or 9" round pie pan. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. Do not under-bake, will puff up and then settle and crack.
• Cool, then chill in refrigerator.
• Night before or early morning, seal to edge with whipped cream.
• Decorate with fine graham cracker crumbs. This is even better the longer it sits with the whipped cream on it to soften it all the way through.

GRANDMA'S PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300*. Mix all of the ingredients together, & pour filling into a 9" unbaked pie shell. Bake for 45 minutes or until set.

GRANDMOTHER'S PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Melt butter.
• Mix eggs with corn syrup, vanilla, sugar, and melted butter.
• Add pecans to mixture.
• Pour into two 8 inch pie shells.
• Bake for 50 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean.

GRANDMA WEEKS PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Melt butter. In a medium bowl, add butter, Karo syrup and sugar and mix well.
• Add beaten eggs, vanilla,nuts & salt.
• Pour into a pie shell and bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes. You can do a toothpick test which should be only slightly wet.
• Caryn's note: This is the recipe as Keith sent it to us. I basted the edges of the pie crust with a tiny bit of egg white that I reserved and covered it with my pie ring (you could use foil) until the last 15 minutes of cooking. And, I had to cook the pie for about an hour before a toothpick test revealed the moist toothpick. As the pie cools, it will set more so don't be alarmed if the center jiggles a little. As I recall, it didn't cut extremely clean, but it sure was good!