Kristen's Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie

Texas Pecan Pie

Ingredients 

1 c. 100% pure cane syrup

4 T. butter
1 c. pecan halves
8 Hershey's Baking Melts
1/2 T. vanilla
1/2 T. bourbon
4 eggs
1 pie crust

Directions

Place the sugar and the butter into a large saucepan and melt the butter on low heat.  Add the chocolate baking melts, stirring until they also melt.  Remove the saucepan from the heat.  Add the bourbon and vanilla.  Allow the mixture to cool.*  Add the 4 beaten eggs to the mixture and mix well. 

*This step is very important.  If the mixture is too hot when you add the eggs, the eggs will cook leaving bits of scrambled eggs in your pie filling.  

Pour it into the pie crust.  You might want to add additional pecan pieces to the top of the pie.  Bake at 350 degrees for about 55 minutes.  The pie will be a little puffy when you remove it from the oven, but it will flatten after it cools. 

ENJOY!!!  

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* Kristen's pie contains 1 c. sugar,  8 T. butter and 1 c. light Karo syrup (instead of 1 c. cane syrup and 4 T. butter)   

Photo and recipe by Kristen Luiken Williams