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Bourbon-Pecan Pumpkin Pie Recipe


   
Recipe Categories: Dessert Recipes   |   Thanksgiving Recipes
Average Rating: (1 vote)
Yield: 8 servings
A special Thanksgiving dessert recipe with a beautiful flambe presentation.
 
Ingredients
  3   Egg; slightly beaten  
  16  oz Pumpkin  
  3/4  c Brown sugar; firmly packed  
  1 1/2  c Half & half  
  3  T Bourbon  
  1  t Cinnamon, ground  
  1/2  t Ginger powder  
  1/4  t Salt  
  1   Pie shell, 9", unbaked  
  2  T Butter  
  1/4  c Brown sugar; firmly packed  
  1  c Pecan halves  
  1/4  c Bourbon; divided  
 
Instructions
 
  1. Combine eggs, pumpkin, 3/4 cup sugar, half-and-half, 3 tablespoons bourbon, cinnamon, ginger, and salt; mix well.

 
  2. Pour mixture into the pie shell; bake at 425 for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350, and bake an additional 45 minutes or until set. Set aside to cool.

 
  3. Combine butter and 1/4 cup brown sugar in a saucepan; cook over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolved. Add pecans and 2 tablespoons bourbon, stirring to coat. Spoon mixture over the pie.

 
  4. Heat the remaining bourbon in a saucepan just long enough to produce fumes (do not boil); remove from heat, ignite, and pour over pie.

 
  5. Serve pie when flames die down.

 
  Southern Living magazine

 
   


 



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