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AROUSE YOUR TASTE BUDS!
These Pecan Recipes Are
Sure To Please
(NOTE: In all recipes
T= tablespoon; t=teaspoon; c=cup)
Pecan Pumpkin
Pie
Prepare 1 9-inch uncooked pastry pie shell
Pumpkin Layer: 3/4 c. pumpkin, 2 T. packed light brown sugar, 1 large
egg, 2 T. sour cream, 1/8 t. cinnamon, 1/8 t. grated nutmeg.
Pecan Layer: 3/4 c. Alaga light corn syrup, 1/2 c. packed light brown sugar,
3 large eggs, 3 T. melted unsalted butter (cooled), 2 t. vanilla, 1/4 t.
grated lemon rind, 1-1/2 t. lemon juice, 1/4 t. salt, 1-1/3 c. pecans.
Prepare pie shell. Keep chilled.
Whisk together until smooth pumpkin, 2 T. brown sugar, 1 egg, sour
cream, cinnamon, and nutmeg. In another bowl, combine Alaga corn syrup, 1/2
c. brown sugar, 3 eggs, 3 T. butter, vanilla, lemon rind, lemon juice,
and salt. Stir in pecans. Spread the pumpkin layer into the pie shell,
then carefully spoon the pecan mixture over it. Bake in the upper third
of a preheated 220 oven for 20 minutes, then reduce to 175 for 20-30
minutes more. The filling will puff slightly, but the center will not
be completely set. Cool on a rack.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
Reheat in a preheated 175 degree oven for 10-15 minutes.
Pecan Pie
Ingredients: 2 eggs, 1/2 c. light brown sugar, 1/3 t. salt, 2 T. flour,
3 T. melted butter, 1 c. Alaga white corn syrup, 1-1/2 c. pecans, 1 t.
vanilla.
Mix ingredients and cook in unbaked
pie shell approximately 40 minutes at 350 degrees.
Roasted Salted Pecans
Ingredients: 1 egg white, stiffly beaten, 1 t. sugar, 1 t. water, 1 t.
salt, 1 t. milk, 1 quart pecan halves.
Mix all ingredients except pecans
well. Then add pecans and cover well with mixture. Pour on foil lined
cookie sheet. Bake at 150 to 300 degrees for 1 hour. Stir every 15
minutes.
Pecan Fudge
Ingredients: 2 c. sugar, 1 c. milk, 1 T. flour, 4 T. cocoa, 1 T.
Alaga light corn syrup, 2 T. butter, 1 t. vanilla, 1 c. chopped pecans.
Mix sugar, Alaga syrup, cocoa, flour, and
milk. Boil to soft ball. Add butter and vanilla. Cool and beat; add
pecans. Pour on greased dish and cut into squares.
Pecan Brittle
Ingredients: 1 c. Alaga light corn syrup, 2 c. sugar, 1/2 c. water, 2 c.
broken pecans, 1 t. salt, 2 t. soda, 1/4 stick butter.
Cook Alaga syrup, sugar, and water until
soft-ball stage. Add nuts and cook until crack stage (300 degrees).
Remove from heat and add soda, salt and butter. Pour on well-greased
surface and stretch.
Pecan
Divinity
Ingredients: 3 c. sugar, 1/2 c. water, 1/2 c. Alaga light corn syrup, 2 egg
whites, 1 t. vanilla, 2 c. broken pecans.
Cook Alaga syrup, sugar and water in sauce
pan to softball stage. Beat egg whites, then pour one-half of mixture
over egg whites and continue to beat. Cook other half of syrup to hard
ball stage, then add to egg whites. Beat well, then add pecans and
vanilla. Drop by teaspoons on to wax paper.
Old Fashioned .....
Toasted Pecans
Ingredients: 1/2 c. butter, 4 c. pecan halves.
In skillet, melt butter. Add pecans
and cook just until warm and well coated with butter. Then spread out
on large baking dish and bake 15 minutes in oven at 300 degrees. Spread
out on paper towels and salt as desired. Store in airtight container.
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