Pecan & Date Pie

from closetcooking.com

https://www.closetcooking.com/medjool-date-pecan-pie/

Prep Time: 10 min

Cook Time: 50 min

Servings: 6

Ingredients

1 pie crust

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted

1/2 cup light corn syrup

1/2 cup maple syrup

1 tbsp bourbon

4 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup Medjool dates, , pitted and coarsely chopped

1 ½ cups pecans, , coasely chopped

Preparation Steps

1. Line a 9-in. pie plate with pastry; trim and flute edges. Line pastry shell with foil and fill with pie weights/beans. Bake at 450° for 8 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5 minutes longer or until lightly golden. Cool on a wire rack.

2. Mix the sugar, butter, corn syrup, maple syrup, bourbon, and salt in a pot. Heat on the stove until all ingredients are combined, then boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and let stand for (at least) 5 minutes (not until cold, just cool enough to not scramble the eggs).

3. Whisk the eggs into the sugar butter mixture. Stir in vanilla, dates & pecans.

4. Pour the nut mixture into the pie plate.

5. Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until set, about 40-50 minutes.

Notes

Recipe modified from original based on various Food Wishes pecan pie recipes. Also: It may need more than 1 ½ cups pecans. Put in as much as you can!