I don’t know about Thanksgiving with your family, but celebrating with my family, you better believe that there will be a pecan pie. If you are lucky there will be a sliver leftover the next day to enjoy…but don’t count on it. It’s one of those quintessential desserts that I enjoy once a year on Thanksgiving. Several years ago when I made myself to bring along I was surprised at how simple this pie was to make. In fact, my 6 year old daughter practically made it herself this year…seriously, all but putting it in and taking it out of the hot oven. 🙂
Now that we have your dessert covered, how about a few activities or reminders of gratitude to kick off the holiday season. Check out these links below:
Great Books about Thanksgiving
Short read and great reminder about Gratitude
Whatever you are doing tomorrow on Thanksgiving we pray you have many great reminders of God’s love for you and that you will be grateful for all you have been given.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name.
For the Lord is Good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
Psalms 100:4-5
- 1 pie crust (homemade or Pillsbury store bought works well)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 Tbs brown sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup corn syrup
- ⅓ cup meted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 whole eggs beaten
- 1 heaping cup pecans (whole or chopped, your preference)
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Place your already made pie curst in your pie can and crimp the edges
- Mix the sugar, brown sugar, salt, corn syrup, butter, vanilla and eggs together in a bowl.
- Place your pecans into the bottom of the unbaked pie shell
- Pour the syrup mixture over the top of pecans.
- Cover the top of the pie and crust lightly with foil
- Bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking for 20 minutes be careful not to burn the crust or the pecans.
- The pie should jiggle just a bit in the middle but not too much. If it is overly jiggly, lightly cover with foil and bake and additional 20 minutes.
- Allow to cool for several hours and enjoy!
Be sure to check out this for a few of our other Thanksgiving Favorites
