Holiday Pie Recipes – Maple Walnut Pumpkin Pie and Bourbon Orange Pecan Pie
November 7, 2009 by Eleisia
Filed under Recipes & Tips
With Thanksgiving just a few days away you are probably planning your Thanksgiving dinner menu or deciding what dish to make for your family get together. Most of us have a recipe for the traditional pumpkin pie so I’m including a different version of the Thanksgiving favorite, Maple Walnut Pumpkin Pie.
The second holiday pie recipe is your typical Pecan Pie with a slight flavor twist. Bourbon is an alternative for vanilla extract and grated orange zest is an additional ingredient.
Maple Walnut Pumpkin Pie
1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin (about 2 cups)
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon Watkins Maple Extract
1/2 teaspoon Watkins Ground Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Watkins Ground Ginger
1/4 teaspoon Watkins Ground Nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (8- or 9-inch) prepared graham cracker or baked pie crust
Walnut Topping
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon Watkins Ground Cinnamon
3 tablespoons cold butter
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Heat oven to 425º F. Combine pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, maple extract, cinnamon, salt, ginger and nutmeg in large bowl. Mix well. Pour into pie crust.
Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350º F. Bake an additional 30 minutes.
Combine brown sugar, flour and cinnamon in medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in nuts. Remove pie from oven. Top evenly with crumb mixture.
Bake an additional 10 minutes. Cool. Garnish with whipped cream or whipped topping.
Tip
Watkins Pumpkin Pie spice can be substituted for the cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg in this recipe.
Bourbon Orange Pecan Pie
Basic Piecrust or 1 store-bought pie crust, for a 9-inch pie plate
1 cup light corn syrup
3/4 cup light brown sugar
4 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/2 stick), melted
3 large eggs
2 tablespoons bourbon (or 1 teaspoon Watkins Vanilla Extract)
1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups pecan halves
1. Set an oven rack in the lowest position and heat oven to 350º F.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the corn syrup, sugar, butter, eggs, bourbon or vanilla extract, orange zest, and salt. Stir in the pecans.
3. Pour the pecan mixture into the crust and bake until the center is set, 50 to 55 minutes. Let cool to room temperature before serving.
Basic Pie Crust
Makes one 9-inch pie crust
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for rolling the dough
1/2 cup cold unsalted butter (1 stick), cut into small pieces
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
3 to 4 tablespoons ice water
1. In a food processor, pulse the flour, butter, sugar, and salt until the mixture resembles coarse meal with a few pea-size clumps of butter remaining.
2. Add 2 tablespoons of the water. Pulse until the mixture holds together when squeezed but is still crumbly (add more water, a little at a time, as necessary). Avoid over processing, which will make the dough tough.
3. Place the still crumbly mixture on a sheet of plastic wrap. Shape it into a 1-inch-thick disk, using the plastic wrap to help. Wrap tightly and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour and up to 3 days.
4. Place the disk of dough on a floured piece of parchment or wax paper. Using your knuckles, make indentations around the perimeter of the dough (this will help prevent cracking when you roll the dough out).
5. With a floured rolling pin, roll the dough into an 11- inch circle (work from the center outward, and use the parchment to rotate the dough). Flour the rolling pin, parchment, and dough as necessary to prevent sticking.
6. Loosen the dough from the parchment and carefully transfer to a 9-inch pie plate. Fit the dough into the plate (avoid stretching). Trim the dough to a 1-inch over-hang and tuck it under itself to create a thick rim.
7. With the index finger of one hand, press the dough against the thumb and fore-finger of the opposite hand; continue around the perimeter of the crust.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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