nut butter pecan pie

Ingredients

 

  • 1 Homemade or Refrigerated Pie Crust
  • 3 Tablespoons Butter
  • ¾ Cup Brown Sugar
  • ½ Teaspoon Salt
  • 2 Eggs
  • ½ Cup Light Corn Syrup
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 Cup Pecans
  • ½ Cup + 2 Tablespoons Justin’s Chocolate Hazelnut Butter (divided)

Cooking Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375F.
  2. Pre-bake crust in 9” pie pan for 25 min. Remove from the oven and turn down to 275F.
  3. For the filling: Melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Once melted, whisk in sugar, salt, eggs, corn syrup and vanilla until hot and the temperature reaches 130 F on a candy thermometer. Remove from the heat and stir in pecans.
  4. Spread ½ cup of Justin’s in the bottom of prepared pie crust. Pour the pecan mixture on top and bake at 275F for 55 minutes. Cool completely.
  5. To finish, melt remaining 2 T Chocolate Hazelnut Butter and drizzle over pie.