MM: BOURBON-PECAN PUMPKIN PIE
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Title: BOURBON-PECAN PUMPKIN PIE
Categories: Desserts, Pies
Yield: 8 Servings
3 Egg; slightly beaten
16 oz Pumpkin
3/4 c Brown sugar; firmly packed
1 1/2 c Half & half
3 tb Bourbon
1 ts Cinnamon, ground
1/2 ts Ginger powder
1/4 ts Salt
1 Pie shell, 9", unbaked
2 tb Butter
1/4 c Brown sugar; firmly packed
1 c Pecan halves
1/4 c Bourbon; divided
Combine eggs, pumpkin, 3/4 cup sugar, half-and-half, 3
tablespoons bourbon, cinnamon, ginger, and salt; mix
well. 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. 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. Heat the remaining bourbon
in a saucepan just long enough to produce fumes (do
not boil); remove from heat, ignite, and pour over
pie. Serve pie when flames die down.
-- Southern Living
magazine
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