Little Pecan Pies For Two Recipes

LI'L PECAN PIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine flour and salt; cut in shortening until crumbly. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes., Divide dough in half. Roll each half into a 6-in. circle. Transfer to two 4-1/2-in. tart pans; fit pastry into pans, trimming if necessary. Arrange pecans in shells., In another small bowl, whisk egg, brown sugar, corn syrup and vanilla. Pour over pecans. Place shells on a baking sheet. Bake at 375° for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Top with whipped cream if desired.

MINI PECAN PIES RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a mini muffin pans or cupcake tins with flour nonstick cooking spray or grease and flour them.
• Working with one pie crust at a time, unroll each crust. Use a large round cookie cutter (about 2-inches diameter for mini pies and 3-inches for cupcake sized) to cut circles of pie dough, rerolling as needed.
• Press each circle in the bottom of the prepared muffin pan.
• Mix corn syrup, eggs, sugar, butter and vanilla using a spoon. Stir in pecans. Spoon a bit of filling into each pie crust. Be careful not to overfill them.
• Baking time: Mini pies 20-25 minutes, Cupcake sized pies 25-30 minutes.
• As soon as they come out of the oven, check to see if any filling spilled over to the pan. If so, use a knife to carefully scrape it away from the pan. The filling will harden as it cools making it hard to remove the pies from the pan. Cool completely before removing from the pan, use a butter knife to help loosen each pie.

PECAN PIE FOR TWO

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in shortening and butter until crumbly. Add water, tossing with a fork until a ball forms. Roll out pastry to fit an 18-oz. baking dish. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of the dish. , Combine filling ingredients; mix well. Pour into pastry shell. Bake at 375° for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

PECAN PIE FOR TWO

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place 2 4x1 3/8" tart pans (with removable bottoms) on baking sheet.
• 2. Whisk together sugar, egg, corn syrup, butter and vanilla until smooth.
• 3. Place pastry in pans.
• 4. Arrange pecans on top of pastry. Pour filling evenly over pecans.
• 5. Bake 30 minutes, or until set.
• 6. Transfer tarts to wire rack and cool completely. Remove from outer pan.
• 7. Enjoy!

PECAN PIE (MAKES TWO PIES)

Steps:

• Mix in order the above ingredients.
• Pour into two 9" unbaked pies shells.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
• Then bake at 300 degrees for 50 minutes.

LITTLE PECAN PIES FOR TWO

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine flour and salt; cut in shortening until crumbly.
• Gradually add water, tossing with fork until dough forms a ball.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minute
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Divide dough in half; roll each half into a 6" circle.
• Transfer to 2 (4 1/2 inch) tart pans; fit pastry into pans, trimming if necessary.
• Arrange pecans in pans.
• Mix egg, corn syrup, brown sugar and vanilla together; pour over pecans.
• Place tart pans on a baking sheet.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Top with whipped or ice cream if desired.

MINI SOUTHERN PECAN PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place pecans on a food processor and pulse until coarsely chopped.
• Mix sugar, eggs, light corn syrup, dark corn syrup, butter, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl; fold in pecans. Spoon 1/4 cup pecan mixture into each pie shell. Place pies on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until pies are slightly browned, 25 to 30 minutes.