Desserts & Sweets

Kentucky Bourbon Pecan Pie

A tried-and-true family favorite from Becky's own recipe collection. Here's everything you need to make Kentucky Bourbon Pecan Pie at home.

Kentucky Bourbon Pecan Pie

Kentucky Bourbon Pecan Pie

Makes 10 servings · ~580 calories per serving (estimated) · 25 min prep · 50 min cook

Ingredients

  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup dark Karo syrup
  • 2 cups pecan halves
  • 5 tablespoons bourbon

Instructions

  1. Make sure butter is softened before you start.
  2. In a large bowl, combine butter and brown sugar; mix until smooth.
  3. Add one egg at a time to the butter and brown sugar mixture.
  4. Add vanilla, salt, bourbon & corn syrup (Karo syrup) to the butter, brown sugar, and egg mixture.
  5. Make sure all ingredients are mixed together well.
  6. Add 1 cup of pecans to the bottom of the pie crust.
  7. Add the pie filling to the crust.
  8. Add the rest of the pecans to the pie.
  9. Preheat oven to 350°.
  10. Bake for 45–55 mins.

Watch us make it

Becky and Mike walk you through this recipe step by step on our YouTube channel:

From Becky’s handwritten notebook

Every recipe on this site started the same way — written by hand in Becky’s spiral kitchen notebook, usually with a dinner bubbling on the stove nearby. Here’s the original page this recipe was typed up from, smudges and all:

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Becky's handwritten Kentucky Bourbon Pecan Pie recipe — notebook page 1 Becky's handwritten Kentucky Bourbon Pecan Pie recipe — notebook page 2

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