Butterscotch Pecan Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, cut the butter into the flour until crumbly; stir in 1/2 cup pecans. Press into an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake until lightly browned, 20 minutes. Cool., In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Fold in 1 cup whipped topping; spread over crust. , In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set; pour over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate until set, 15-20 minutes. Top with remaining whipped topping and pecans. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours.

Steps:

• Cream butter, gradually adding sugar.
• Beat until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
• Separately, combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
• Add to creamed mixture, mixing well.
• Batter will be stiff.
• Stir in nuts and morsels.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls, 2- inches apart onto parchment-lined cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350° for 15-18 minutes.
• Remove from cookie sheet and cool completely on wire racks. Store an airtight container.

Steps:

• Mix the brown sugar, flour and salt in the top of a double boiler.
• Stir in the milk, add the butter and cook over simmering water, stirring, until thickened.
• Let cook 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Beat 2 egg yolks.
• Temper them with a little of the hot mixture, then stir them into the pudding.
• Cook 5 minutes longer.
• Remove from heat.
• Add the vanilla, then pour into the prepared pie shell.
• Beat the egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff, beating in the sugar a little at a time to make a meringue.
• Spread on top of pudding and brown in a 350*F oven for about 10 minutes or until golden.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Gently warm the corn syrup, brown sugar, and butter together in a saucepan until the butter melts.
• Turn off the heat and add the butterscotch chips.
• Scatter them around rather than dumping them in one spot; set the pan aside for 5 minutes, shaking it once or twice to move hot liquid over the chips.
• After 5 minutes, add the salt and whisk to smooth.
• Pour the mixture into a large bowl and let cool for 5 minutes.
• In a bowl, whisk the eggs and egg yolk together just until frothy.
• Whisk in the vanilla; whisk a little less than half of the hot liquid into the eggs until smooth.
• Add the rest of the hot liquid and whisk until smooth.
• Add in the pecans and stir well; turn the filling into the cooled pie shell.
• Using a fork, gently rake the filling to distribute the pecans evenly.
• Place the pie on the center oven rack and bake until the perimeter of the filling has puffed up and perhaps cracked slightly, 40-50 minutes.
• Rotate the pie 180° halfway through the baking, sot that the part that faced the back of the oven now faces forward.
• When done, the center may wobble a little, but it shouldn't seem soupy.
• Transfer the pie to a wire rack and let cool.
• Serve slightly warm or at room temperature; or let cool thoroughly; cover with loosely tented foil; refrigerate for several hours before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400* In medium bowl, beat eggs slightly.
• Add corn syrup, salt, vanilla, brown sugar and butter; mix well.
• Stir in nuts.
• Pour into unbaked pie shell.
• Bake 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350* and bake additional 30-35 minutes or until edge of filling seems set.
• Let cool completely on wire rack.
• Just before serving, decorate around edge with rosettes of whipped cream.

Steps:

• Combine sugar, flour and salt in top of a double boiler.
• Heat milk and slowly stir in flour and sugar. Cook over boiling water until mixture begins to thicken.
• Beat egg yolks in small bowl and stir 1 cup of hot mixture into eggs so the eggs do not scramble.
• Stir egg mixture to double boiler and add butter. Cook until thick and pour into shell.
• Serve with whipped cream if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium saucepan, stir together the brown sugar, heavy cream and butter. Cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves and the mixture comes to a full boil, becoming thick and brown, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the milk. Slowly add the remaining milk to the sugar mixture.
• Whisk together the cornstarch, egg yolks, vanilla and reserved 1 tablespoon of milk in a medium bowl. Add the cornstarch mixture to the sugar mixture over medium-low heat and cook, stirring constantly, until thick, about 3 minutes. Pour the filling into the prebaked pie crust.
• Make a meringue by beating the egg whites and a pinch of salt with an electric mixer until they begin to set stiff. Add the granulated sugar and continue beating until the whites are stiff and hold peaks. Spread the meringue on top of the pie, taking care to spread it to the edges of the crust. Bake until light brown, about 10 minutes.