Gotta perfect pumpkin cheesecake done.. but I need advice on the pecan pie..

[snowbear]

Howz come so much of the Karo syrup is coming out of the pie?

The recipe said to use a half cup of light Karo, half cup of dark, 2 teaspoons butter and a drop of vanilla.. The mixture still had a good inch before it came up to the top of the pie, so I added a few busted up pecans in the mixture, then decorated the top with fresh split pecans.

It looked GREAT, but I took the pie out of the oven and placed it on a metal tray with a good lip on it to keep the sticky stuff off the oven and on the tray...

How come the Karo is coming out of the pie pan? .....Did I put too much in there?

O'well.... I'm sure when it's all done... it will still be edible..

Or I hope so anyway! Anything tastes good when you dump enough ice cream or whipped cream on it!

I hope after it cools off.. it looks like that one >>

[hippywife]

1. Hi, Larissa...

sorry you didn't get an answer from anyone. I've only ever made one pecan pie in my life because I'm not fond of using corn syrup in anything. Did you use a large or deep enough pie pan? That was just my first thought.

I hope it came out well and that you and yours had a lovely day. :hi:

[Warpy]

2. The only one I ever made was the not-too-sweet one

in Barbara Tropp's "The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking."

The only guess I can hazard is the chopped pecans you dumped into it caused it to overflow as the pecans on top settled into the syrup.

[NJCher]

3. can you post your pumpkin cheesecake recipe?

I was going to make one but didn't get it done. Have the ingredients.

thnx



Cher

[sandnsea]

4. My pie plate broke

with the apple pie in it, I have no idea how. And my peach torte turned out weird. So I'm glad other people in my family had the good sense to just buy dessert, lol. At least you had one dessert that went well! And maybe your pecan pie did too. I made one decades ago that was very good, but I don't remember any of the details.

[csziggy]

5. You need a deep dish pie crust for the standard pecan pie recipe

I hope yours came out OK!

[housewolf]

6. Did you pre-bake your pie shell?

And if so, did it shrink or bubble up on the bottom? That could cause it to hold less than the full recipe's filling.

:shrug:

[I_Will]

7. ...advice on the pecan pie...

larissa,

I don't know what recipe you used, but this one got *rave* reviews from avowed pecan pie eaters (not me) on Thanksgiving and it set up just right using the same full cup of corn syrup that you cited:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=236x50341

Not overly sweet, and I toasted the whole pecans for several minutes (just to brown, not to scorch) to further offset the sugars and to provide a nice "doneness" beyond the raw pecans.

[bicentennial_baby]

8. I did that one on T-Day too!

A big hit. :D