Best Loveless Cafe Blue Ribbon Pecan Pie Recipes

PICCADILLY'S CAFETERIA PECAN DELIGHT

Steps:

• 1. In a preheated oven at 350 dF and place 1/3 C pecans and the Ritz crackers in for 5 minutes. You want to lightly toast the nuts and crackers. Watch carefully so you don't burn them. The crackers and nuts should be a light golden in color. Remove from oven when golden and place on paper towel until cool.
• 2. Add vanilla and cream of tarter to egg whites and beat until stiff. Slowly add sugar and continue to beat egg whites until very stiff peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Fold in the cooled 1/3 C pecans and Ritz crackers.
• 3. Place in a 10-inch pie plate that has been lightly sprayed with the non-stick baking spray. Spread the meringue to the sides and cover the bottom of pan. The meringue will be about a 1-to-1 1/8-inch thick layer (shell) in the pie pan.
• 4. Hollow out a little hole in the middle of the bottom of the meringue approximately the size of half a dime, (this will help with a even baking of the shell).
• 5. Place in a preheated oven at 275 for 1 hour. Check shell, the meringue should not scorch, it will turn light tan in color.
• 6. Then turn the oven off and let shell dry in the oven for another hour. Remove shell and cool.
• 7. When the shell is cooled, place the whipped cream or cool whip topping in the shell. Sprinkle with the 1/4 C. broken pecans. Place in refrigerator to completely chill before serving. P.S. I like to flavor my whipped cream and even when I use cool whip....sometimes adding in some cinnamon-sugar, vanilla, butter-rum extract or burnt sugar flavoring. Don't just make theirs, make it your own.
• 8. NOTE: If you have any meringue left over make little nest like shells, bake the same as large shell (don't burn them) and fill them with any leftover pudding you may have on hand or some drained fruits.
• 9. TIP: Meringue's will whip fluffier and be fuller when prepared at low humidity.

MY MOM'S DELICIOUS PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 425°.
• Brown butter in saucepan until it is golden brown,do not burn; let cool.
• In separate bowl add ingredients in order listed; stir.
• Blend in browned butter well.
• Pour in unbaked pie shell and bake at 425° for 10 minutes, then lower to 325° for 40 minutes.

THE CAMELLIA GRILL'S PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Beat eggs with a wire whisk or fork.
• Add salt, butter, syrup, sugar and vanilla; mix well.
• Pour into pastry shell; sprinkle with pecans.
• Bake at 350F for 45-50 minutes.

"LOVELESS" PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Put pecans in pre-baked pie shell. In a large bowl whisk the remaining ingredients together until smooth. Pour the custard mixture over the nuts and bake the pie until the filling puffs and rises above the edges of the pie shell, about 30 minutes. Carefully remove the pie from oven and let it cool completely before serving. Drizzle the pie with Cinnamon Pecan Caramel and serve.
• Mix all the ingredients together in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is smooth.

CAFE SOUTH'S PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large glass mixing bowl. I just throw mine in the microwave for one minute.
• Then just add the rest of the ingredients in this order. Mixing quick and well after adding the eggs so they don't cook!
• Pour into pie shell and bake at 325 for 55 minutes.
• Cool on wire rack until completely cooled. This pie should cool fully before serving. I usually place in the fridge after its cooled.