Pecan Pumpkin Spice Moon Pies Recipes

PECAN PUMPKIN PIE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, mix sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. Add pumpkin, then blend in milk.
• In a separate bowl, beat the 2 whole eggs and separated egg yolk until light. Stir into pumpkin mixture. Beat the remaining egg white until soft peaks form, then fold into pumpkin mixture.
• Sprinkle 1/2 of the pecans onto the unbaked pie shell. Pour pumpkin mixture over these, then sprinkle remaining pecans on top. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Bake 20 more minutes, or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean. The filling will be slightly puffed, but will fall evenly upon cooling.

HONEY PECAN PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place pumpkin halves cut side down on a medium baking sheet, and cover with foil. Bake 90 minutes, or until flesh is easily mashed with a fork. Cool, scoop pumpkin flesh from shell, and mash.
• Increase oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, mix mashed pumpkin, honey, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and salt. Gradually blend in heavy cream and eggs. Pour into crusts, and top with pecans.
• Bake pies in the preheated oven 50 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

PECAN-PUMPKIN SPICE MOON PIES

Steps:

• Line a half sheet tray with parchment paper so that it hangs over the edges on all sides by about 2" (this will make the marshmallows easier to remove from the pan). Spray paper with nonstick cooking spray and dust generously with powdered sugar.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, sprinkle gelatin over ? Celsius cold water and set aside to bloom. Meanwhile, combine sugar, corn syrup, and salt with ? Celsius water in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high and continue cooking syrup until it reaches 240 degrees on a candy thermometer. Remove from heat.
• With the mixer on low speed, slowly pour the syrup into the dissolved gelatin. Increase speed to high and whip until very thick and glossy, about 15 minutes. Add vanilla and pumpkin pie spice and mix until thoroughly combined. Using gel paste food coloring, tint marshmallow mixture to a pale orange.
• Pour mixture into prepared pan, dust top generously with powdered sugar, and allow to sit for at least four hours. When marshmallows are set, turn out of pan onto a clean work surface dusted with powdered sugar, and peel off parchment. Using a 2 ½" ring mold or cookie cutter dusted with powdered sugar, cut out marshmallow rounds. Store wrapped in plastic or in an airtight container if not using immediately.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a food processor, finely grind the pecans together with the sugars. Add flour and salt to food processor and pulse to combine. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs, then add egg and vanilla and process until the dough comes together.
• Lightly dust a clean work surface with flour and turn the dough out. Form into a ball and then flatten into a disc, working in some of the flour from the table as needed. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill about 30 minutes in the freezer, or 1 hour in the refrigerator.
• Remove dough from plastic wrap and roll out to about ?" thick with a rolling pin, dusting work surface, dough, and rolling pin with flour as necessary to prevent sticking. Using a 2 ½" round cookie cutter or ring mold, cut out cookies. Space about an inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets, then bake, rotating once halfway through, 8-10 minutes (cookies should be slightly undercooked).
• Allow to cool completely before decorating.
• When cookies are ready, heat candy melts in a medium glass bowl in the microwave in 15-30 second increments, stirring after each, until completely smooth, thinning with 1 T. melted shortening at a time until candy melts reach a nice dipping consistency. Dip half of cookies into mixture, allowing excess to drip off, then place on a wire cooling rack set over a parchment-lined half sheet tray. Allow candy to set slightly before decorating with assorted sprinkles. If desired, mix a little gold highlighter with a small amount of vodka in a small bowl and splatter cookies with "paint." Allow to set completely, at least 30 minutes.
• To assemble, carefully spread remaining undecorated cookies with 1 t. apple butter. Place a marshmallow round on top of the apple butter, then sandwich together with decorated cookies, using a dab of apple butter on the underside of each as glue. Moon pies are best served immediately once assembled.

PECAN PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Prepare the pie crust by rolling it out and crimping the edge to form a highstanding rim.
• For the pecan filling, whisk the eggs in a bowl until foamy. Stir in the corn syrup or maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla, salt and pecans. Spread the pecan filling over the bottom of the pie crust. Bake for about 20 minutes, until the filling is set and slightly puffed.
• Meanwhile, whisk the eggs for the pumpkin filling and stir in the pumpkin puree, milk, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, salt, and vanilla until well blended.
• When the pecan filling has set, remove it from the oven. Pour the pumpkin filling over the pecan layer and bake for about 40 minutes, until the pumpkin layer is set in the middle.
• Decorate by pressing toasted pecan halves around the outside edge of the pie. Cool for at least 20 minutes before cutting. Serve warm or at room temperature.

HONEY-PECAN PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Make pecans:
• Place large piece of foil on work surface. Stir sugar, honey, butter and salt in heavy medium skillet over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves, butter melts and syrup comes to simmer. Add pecans. Cook until syrup turns deep caramel color and bubbles thickly, stirring nuts occasionally to coat, about 9 minutes. Scrape onto foil. Working quickly, separate nuts with spoon. Cool completely. Place in airtight container. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Store at room temperature.)
• Make pie:
• Position rack in lowest third of oven and preheat to 350°F. Roll out dough disk on floured surface to 12- to 13-inch round. Transfer to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Fold overhang under; crimp edge, forming high-standing rim.
• Stir sugar and next 5 ingredients in large bowl. Whisk in pumpkin and honey, then cream and 3 eggs. Beat 1 egg in small bowl to blend. Brush inside of crust with some of beaten egg. Pour filling into crust.
• Bake pie until filling is slightly puffed and begins to crack at edges, covering crust with foil if browning too quickly, about 1 hour. Cool on rack. (Can be made 8 hours ahead. Store at room temperature.)
• Make topping:
• Using electric mixer, beat cream and honey in medium bowl until stiff peaks form. Spoon into pastry bag fitted with star tip. Pipe rosettes of cream atop pie. Garnish with candied nuts. Serve, passing extra nuts separately.

PUMPKIN AND PECAN PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Add pumpkin, eggs, corn syrup and vanilla; beat well. Pour into the pastry shell. Sprinkle with chopped pecans. Place pecan halves around the outer edge of filling. Bake at 425° for 15 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350°; bake 25 more minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool. Serve with whipped cream if desired.

PECAN PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Make pie shell:
• Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 13-inch round (1/8 inch thick), then fit into a 9-inch glass or metal pie plate. Trim edge, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang, then fold overhang under and crimp edge decoratively. Prick bottom and side of shell all over with a fork, then chill shell 30 minutes.
• While shell chills, put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F.
• Line shell with foil and fill with pie weights, then bake until pastry is set and pale golden on rim, about 20 minutes. Carefully remove foil and weights and bake shell until pale golden all over, 6 to 10 minutes more. Cool on a rack.
• Make pumpkin filling:
• Whisk together pumpkin, brown sugar, egg, sour cream, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a pinch of salt in a bowl until smooth.
• Make pecan layer:
• Stir together corn syrup, brown sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla, zest, lemon juice, and salt in a bowl, then stir in pecans.
• Assemble and bake pie:
• Spread pumpkin mixture evenly in shell, then carefully spoon pecan mixture over it. Bake pie until crust is golden and filling is puffed, about 35 minutes. (Center will still be slightly wobbly; filling will set as it cools.) Cool completely on rack. Serve at room temperature.