Perfect Pecan Pie

Name: Perfect Pecan Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup (6 1/4 ounces), unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting work surface; 1 tablespoon, sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 3 tablespoons, chilled solid vegetable shortening; 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick), cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces; 4 - 5 tablespoons, ice water; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 cup (7 ounces), packed dark brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 3 , large eggs; 3/4 cup, light corn syrup; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 2 cups, whole pecans (8 ounces), toasted and chopped into small pieces

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 1995, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

American

Dessert Pies

After patiently scouring dozens of recipes, we finally created a pie with silky-smooth texture, rich praline-like flavor, and a crisp crust.

SERVES8

TIME2½ hours, plus 2 hours chilling and 4 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

What would the best pecan pie recipe look like? Pecan pies can be overwhelmingly sweet, with no real pecan flavor. And they too often turn out curdled and separated. What’s more, the weepy filling makes the bottom crust soggy and leathery. ...

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