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: Pecan Pie Slice

My favorite pie of all time has to be pecan pie. Actually I like anything and everything that is pecan. It is my favorite nut. To be honest I am not a big fan of nuts but if you toss some pecans in, I am all in. Yummy. I just love how buttery they are, I honestly think they are the perfect nut.

Before I went out of town my co-worker had just come back from vacation in Kentucky….I think and she came back with a bunch of shelled pecans. She was kind enough to give me some.

Last night I was home with some free time and I was really craving something sweet. Then I remembered the pecans. I thought that I didn’t have any corn syrup so pie was question, so I was going to just make some candies pecans. Then I came across a bottle of Karo way in the back of my cupboard! SWEET! I can make pie!

Pecan Pie

I don’t trust myself very much with pastries or dough so I use a premade pie crust.

Pecan Pie

1 Cup White Corn Syrup
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1/3 Teaspoon Salt
1/3 Cup Melted Butter
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
3 Eggs
2 Cups Roasted Pecans

Put the butter in the microwave until it is completely melted. During this step, preheat your regular oven to 350.
Mix together in the mixing bowl, corn syrup, brown sugar, salt, melted butter and vanilla
Mix (slightly beat) eggs until they look like the ones shown in the picture to the left.
Add the eggs to the batter and stir until the batter looks as it did before you added the eggs.
Pour the pecan pie filling into pie shell.
Sprinkle the 2 cups of roasted pecans on top of the pecan pie filling. Some pecans will sink into the filling; while, others will remain on top. Now, put your pie in a preheated oven set to 350F for 1 hour to an hour and 10 minutes.
After the pie has been in the oven for about 30 minutes, take it out, and put strips of tinfoil around the edge to keep the pie crust from burning. Be careful not to spill you pie! The filling is runny and quite hot. Then, put the pie back in the oven.
After you put the pie back in the oven, it will need another 30 to 40 minutes. After about 30 minutes (a total of 1 hour in the oven) test the pie to see if it is done. You can test the pie by sticking a knife in the middle. If the knife comes out clean, the pie is done; if it comes out dirty, it needs about 10 more minutes in the oven.

I know I have been MIA for a few days. It has been crazy busy here and I finally have a chance to blog.

One of my Hubby’s favorite food for breakfast is french toast, so I decided to kind of do some french toast but just a little different. Same ingredients just made differently. I made what some call eggs in a basket, egg in a hole or bird’s nest, what do you call them? It was super yummy.

Egg in a Basket

Eggs In A Basket

4 pieces of whole grain bread
4 eggs
butter
sugar
cinnamon

Heat your griddle skillet at 300 degrees. Cut a 1 to 1 1/2 inch hole into the center of your bread. Butter your bread and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon on both sides.

Melt a TBS of butter on the griddle. Place bread on the skillet and crack egg into the hole. Let it cook for a few minutes and flip. I cooked it till the yoke was still soft but not runny.

I served it with some cooked prosciutto and drizzled with maple syrup.

My co-worker had just come back from North Carolina with some real maple syrup it was perfect over the french toast. This is a great and easy breakfast.