Mystery Pecan Pie

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Pie in the Sky

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (292)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(292)

Cook Time:
45 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
6 to 8 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 45 min
Total:: 55 min

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Ingredients

Topping:

3 eggs
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Pie:

1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 un-baked deep-dish (9-inch) pie shell
1 1/4 cups chopped pecans

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine all topping ingredients in a medium bowl. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar, salt, vanilla, and egg until combined. Pour into pie shell. Top with chopped pecans. Pour topping over pecans. Bake for 45 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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recipe Mystery Pecan Pie
Stephanie Durant, OK 11-26-2009
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Beautiful and yummy!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Made this recipe for the first time to take to my work's Thanksgiving dinner. It was such a hit; I brought home an empty... plate! Everyone thought it looked beautiful and tasted even better. So I will be taking this to my family's Thanksgiving and also my fiance's family's tomorrow! Super easy to make, but looks very impressive!Read more
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Leslea Bluffs, IL 11-25-2009
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looks great!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My son and I just finished baking this and it looks wonderful! We Cant wait to try it tomorrow!
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april naples, TX 11-23-2009
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best pecan pie out there!!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

i have served this for the past 3 thanksgivings and it's a hit!!!! everyone loves the "mystery"!!!
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mercy las cruces, NM 11-20-2009
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yummmmy
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

this worked perfectly...just make sure to check the middle before you pull it out of the oven. Mine came out a bit soupy so i... just stuck it in for another 15 min and WHAM best pie ever.Read more
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Louise Broken Arrow, OK 11-10-2009
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My Aunt's Mystery Pecan Pie
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe is indeed Mary McClain's 1964 Prize Winner. The original recipe is in the Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off... Cookbook. She was a beautiful lady and a wonderful cook.Read more
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Will Steelville, MO 11-09-2009
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My Grandma's Mystery Pecan Pie
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe is the one my grandmother won the 1964 Pillsbury Bakeoff. Its a great recipe and I just want everyone to know its... creator was Mary McClain Little Rock Arkansas.Read more