Help! Emergency pecan pie question!
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Help! Emergency pecan pie question!
Hey all...does anyone out there know if the filling of a pecan pie sets up as it cools? I've had these pies in the oven for a good 15 minutes longer than the recipe called for, and the filling is still liquidy (although the pecans have risen to the top and have a nice, crusty look). I've had to take them out, because the crust was starting to get too done. Are my pies toast? I've never made pecan pie before, so I don't know what's "normal" at this stage (and the recipe doesn't say).
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WAH!!!!
Take them out!!!!!!!!!!!!
They set up while they cool!
I just know yours are gonna be fine, but when I (compulsively ~ b/c I know better by now) take mine out later, rather than sooner, they are too firm in the center for my liking, and I also don't like it when the pecans are "too" toasty....
In fact, this year I am making only pumpkin pies, since my hubby and I are the only ones that like the pecan, and I really "don't" need to eat half a pie......
M
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Take them out!!!!!!!!!!!!
They set up while they cool!
I just know yours are gonna be fine, but when I (compulsively ~ b/c I know better by now) take mine out later, rather than sooner, they are too firm in the center for my liking, and I also don't like it when the pecans are "too" toasty....
In fact, this year I am making only pumpkin pies, since my hubby and I are the only ones that like the pecan, and I really "don't" need to eat half a pie......
M
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I'm sorry, but I feel that, at this time of world-wide love and peace, we need to be culturally correct, so I will share the compromise which enables me to blend with a multitude of ethnically diverse individuals.
It's a peh-KAHN tree, a bag of peh-KAHNs, shelled peh-KAHNs, and mixed nuts with peh-KAHNs, but once those nuts are in a pie, you'd best call it a PEE-kan pie if you want a piece of it.
If it came from a bakery, nobody will care what you call it. If you're north of the Mason-Dixon line, you'll get a raised eyebrow with PEE-kan, but you'll still get your pie. Elsewhere, if you call it a peh-KAHN pie, at best you'll get a piece of pumpkin pie instead.
At worst, you'll find yourself seated unhappily alone at the table while everyone else vanishes into the kitchen to sample the really good stuff, including this year's batch of a delightful clear liquid served up in mason jars. That's a price too high to pay for linguistic purity.
It's a peh-KAHN tree, a bag of peh-KAHNs, shelled peh-KAHNs, and mixed nuts with peh-KAHNs, but once those nuts are in a pie, you'd best call it a PEE-kan pie if you want a piece of it.
If it came from a bakery, nobody will care what you call it. If you're north of the Mason-Dixon line, you'll get a raised eyebrow with PEE-kan, but you'll still get your pie. Elsewhere, if you call it a peh-KAHN pie, at best you'll get a piece of pumpkin pie instead.
At worst, you'll find yourself seated unhappily alone at the table while everyone else vanishes into the kitchen to sample the really good stuff, including this year's batch of a delightful clear liquid served up in mason jars. That's a price too high to pay for linguistic purity.
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Better advice from better cooks has been offered. I'll merely add that I've switched pecan pie recipes because of the very problem of pies which would not solidify and were overcooked in the attempt. (And no, they were still runny later.) So it depends on the recipe, but I'm happy yours worked out Red.
Ahem . . . going to share this recipe, Emm?emmline wrote:Better advice from better cooks has been offered. I'll merely add that I've switched pecan pie recipes because of the very problem of pies which would not solidify and were overcooked in the attempt. (And no, they were still runny later.) So it depends on the recipe, but I'm happy yours worked out Red.
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The good news is, the pies did set up beautifully, and a little taste snuck last night indicated that they taste as good as they look.
The crust did brown a bit more than I might like, but it doesn't taste burnt, and that's the important thing.
Redwolf
The crust did brown a bit more than I might like, but it doesn't taste burnt, and that's the important thing.
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DaleWisely wrote:Yes. I briefly played Mellotron in a band called "Emergency Pecan Pie Question" in 1974. Prog rock. Fans called us EPPQ for short.FJohnSharp wrote:This thread gets my nomination for best subject line of the week.
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