The family recipe!

It's that time of year again and I'm pretty excited! It looks like this year we're going to New York City for the holidays. We've already decided that Margot's brother is going to handle purchasing all needed supplies for Thanksgiving dinner.

Of course, I'm going to try to bake the famous "Black Family Pecan Pie"! Here's the recipe from years and years of being in the family.


Classic Pecan Pie Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 55 to 60 minutes
Yield: 1 pie


3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup Karo® Light OR Dark Corn Syrup
2 tablespoons butter OR margarine, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) pecans
1 (9-inch) unbaked or frozen** deep-dish pie crust
Preheat oven to 350°F.


Beat eggs slightly with fork in medium bowl. Add sugar, Karo® Corn Syrup, butter and vanilla; stir until blended. Stir in pecans. Place pie dough in pie pan. Pour pecan filling into pie crust.


Bake 55 to 60 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.


**To use prepared frozen pie crust: Place cookie sheet in oven and preheat oven as directed. Pour filling into frozen crust and bake on preheated cookie sheet.


TIPS: Pie is done when center reaches 200°F. Tap center surface of pie lightly - it should spring back when done. For easy clean up, spray pie pan with cooking spray before placing pie crust in pan. If pie crust is overbrowning, cover edges with foil.


Most of the time when I mix I use a hand mixer but let me tell you it ends up taking forever and sometimes if you don't do it all the way it ends up distgusting with chunks of sugar and/or grainy.

I really wish that we would be able to purchase the Eclectrics® Mixer. Not only does it have an all metal stand but it is the master for mixing!

Our friends have the Hamilton Beach® Mixer and absolutely love it. It mixes evenly and does it within a matter of seconds.



I think the perfect gift this holiday season for good ole Mama would be a Hamilton Beach® Stand Mixer. Of course, it would be a great gift for Thanksgiving so that I can start using it for all of my holiday cooking!