Pecan Crunch Pie Recipes

CARROT PECAN CRUNCH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• To Make Topping: In a medium bowl combine brown sugar, melted butter or margarine, and chopped pecans. Mix well and set aside.
• To Make Carrot Custard: Steam carrots until tender. Drain and cool. Place cooled carrots in a blender or food processor and add eggs, condensed milk, pumpkin pie spice, and salt. Blend until smooth. Pour carrot mixture into pie shell. Sprinkle with pecan topping.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

HONEY CRUNCH PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• To Make Crust: In a medium bowl, mix together flour and 1 teaspoon salt. Cut in shortening until mixture is crumbly. Gradually add water and vinegar. Cut together until mixture will hold together. Press dough into a ball and flour each side lightly. Wrap in plastic and chill for 20 minutes. Roll out between wax paper into a circle 1/8 inch thick and press into 9 inch pie pan.
• To Make Filling: In a large bowl, combine eggs, 1/4 cup brown sugar, white sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, corn syrup, melted butter, vanilla extract, and chopped pecans. Add bourbon if desired. Mix well. Spoon mixture into unbaked pie shell.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove and cover edges of pastry with aluminum foil. Return to oven for 20 minutes.
• To Make Topping: Combine 1/3 cup brown sugar, butter or margarine, and honey in a medium saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves - about 2 minutes. Add pecans. Stir just until coated. Spoon topping evenly over pie.
• Keep foil on edges of pastry and return pie to oven for an additional 10 to 20 minutes, until topping is bubbly and golden brown. Cool to room temperature before serving.

PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup, butter, water, and cornstarch. Bring to a full boil, and remove from heat.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs until frothy. Gradually beat in cooked syrup mixture. Stir in salt, vanilla, and pecans. Pour into pie shell.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until filling is set.

LEMON PECAN PIE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and cream cheese. Beat in butter flavoring. Gradually add flour until mixture forms a ball. Cover and refrigerate for 20 minutes or until easy to handle. , Roll out pastry to fit a 9-in. pie plate. Place pastry in plate; trim to 1/2 in. beyond edge of plate. Flute edges. Place pecans in crust; set aside., In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and flour. Add the remaining ingredients; beat until combined. Pour over pecans. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack. Refrigerate leftovers.

PEAR CRUMBLE PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine sugar and flour; add the pears and toss gently to coat. Spoon into pastry shell. In a small bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over pie. , Bake at 400° for 45-50 minutes or until pears are tender and topping is golden brown. Cover edges loosely with foil during the last 30 minutes to prevent overbrowning. Cool on a wire rack.

HONEY CRUNCH PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• For pie filling:.
• Combine all filling ingredients except pecans and mix well.
• Fold in chopped pecans;spoon filling into unbaked pastry shell.
• Bake at 350 degrees 50 to 55 minutes.
• During last 30 minutes of baking, cover edge of pastry shell with aluminum foil to prevent over browning.
• During last 10 minutes of baking, remove pie from oven; spread crunch topping evenly over top.
• Return pie to oven; bake remaining 10 to 12 minutes or until topping is bubbly and golden brown.
• For Topping:
• Combine sugar, butter and honey in medium saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat until sugar dissolves,about 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir constantly.
• Add pecan halves.
• Stir until pecans are well coated.

PECAN CRUNCH PIE

Steps:

• Thoroughly grease (with butter) a deep dish pie tin.
• Beat egg whites until stiff, adding sugar small amounts at a time.
• Add crushed crackers, pecans and vanilla, mising thoroughly (by hand so as to not break down the egg whites).
• Pour into generously greeased 9" deep dish pie pan.
• Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
• Top with Cool Whip when fully cool.

BLUEBERRY AND PECAN CRUNCH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Roll the pie dough out to the size and shape of a 10-inch pie tin. Lay the dough into the pan and prick the bottom with the tines of a fork. Place a sheet of waxed paper over the pie dough and weigh it down with pie dough weights or clean dry beans, and blind bake in the preheated oven for 8 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool thoroughly.
• Combine the berries, sugar, cornstarch, spices, citrus juice and zest in a bowl and mix well. Sprinkle the cake crumbs on the bottom of the prebaked pie crust. Fill the pie shell with the berry mixture and bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.
• While the pie is baking, combine the dry ingredients for the pecan crunch. Cut the butter into little cubes, add to the dry mixture and, with the palms of your hands, rub together to form large nuggets as big as peanuts, no larger than walnuts.
• After the pie has baked for 15 minutes, sprinkle the crunch all over the top, reduce the oven heat to 350 degrees and bake an additional 45 minutes. If the crunch begins to darken too quickly, cover with aluminum foil. Cool the pie for at least an 2 hours before serving.

BLUEBERRY AND PECAN CRUNCH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. Line pie tin with crust. Sprinkle cake crumb into pie crust.
• In small bowl, combine sugar, cornstarch, ginger root, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix well; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine blueberries, juice, and zest (go light on zest). Mix gently and fold into sugar mixture. Pour into shell. Set pan on baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.
• While pie is baking, combine first five topping ingredients. Cut in butter until mixture resembles small peas. After pie has baked 15 minutes, sprinkle topping on hot pie. Reduce oven to 350 and continue baking for 60 minutes. If topping over browns, cover loosely. Cool 6 to 8 hours.

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.

BUTTER PECAN CRUNCH

Steps:

• Combine cracker crumbs and butter; press into a 13-in. x 9-in. dish. Chill., In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mixes for 2 minutes (mixture will be thick). Fold in ice cream and whipped topping. Spoon over crust. Sprinkle with candy. , Freeze for at least 2 hours. Remove from the freezer 20 minutes before serving.

PUMPKIN PECAN CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Mix pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugars, 5 tsp, of the pumpkin pie spice, vanilla and salt in large bowl until well blended. Pour into 13x9-inch baking pan which has been sprayed with a nonstick cooking spray.
• Mix cake mix and remaining 1 tsp, pumpkin pie spice in medium bowl with wire whisk, sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over pumpkin mixture. Sprinkle with pecans. Drizzle evenly with melted butter.
• Bake 50 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm or at room temperature. Serve with whipped cream. Store leftover dessert in refrigerator. To serve, cut into squares with a sharp knife.