Spiced Pecan Pie

Name: Spiced Pecan Pie
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 1 (9-inch) pie
Cuisine: American

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"Celebrating Thanksgiving (early) today. Made my great grandmother's pecan pie - her secret ingredient: spiced rum."

-- @spendloving

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Prep time 15mins

Cook time 1hr

Serves or Makes: 1 (9-inch) pie

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1 cup shortening
2/3 cup granulated sugar
3 eggs
1 cup dark corn syrup
2-3 tablespoons spiced rum, or bourbon (i'd recommend woodford reserve or myer's dark rum)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch salt
1 cup pecans
2 (9 inch) pie shells

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350ºF.
Step 2
Beat shortening, sugar and eggs on high until mixed well. Add the corn syrup, spiced rum, vanilla extract and salt and mix to incorporate. Fold in pecans.
Step 3
Pour mixture into 1 of the pie shells. Trim any overhanging edges of the pie crust. Bake for 20 minutes to set the pie. Remove from the oven.
Step 4
Using a leaf-shaped cookie cutter, cut 15-25 leaves from the second pie shell. Arrange the leaves around the edges of the pie, half on the crust and half on the filling, slightly overlapping each other. Arrange the remaining leaves in the center of the pie.
Step 5
Return to the oven and bake for 25-35 minutes. Let spiked pie cool for at least 30 minutes.