With Thanksgiving just weeks away, it’s time to get your pie game plan ready. For me the must have pies for Thanksgiving have always been pumpkin pie and pecan pie. Must like the Thanksgiving turkey, they are required for our Thanksgiving meal to be complete. I’m excited to share an easy and delicious Pecan Pie recipe with you today that is made without corn syrup. This Agave Pecan Pie is perfect for your Thanksgiving table.
So good, I just want to grab a fork and dig in! This delicious pecan pie uses Agave In The Raw®, and it has a wonderful, warm and rich flavor that you expect and love with pecan pie. It comes together quickly and easily and I am a big fan of making this a day before Thanksgiving, giving me one less thing to worry about on turkey day.
To make this pie you start with your pie shell, either from your favorite recipe or a ready made one from the grocery store. Next you gather your ingredients which include butter, brown sugar, vanilla extract, salt, Agave In The Raw, eggs and pecans.
You combine your butter and brown sugar in a saucepan, heating and stirring until smooth. You then remove it from the heat and add in your vanilla, salt and Agave In The Raw.
Then that mixture is then combined with your eggs that you have lightly beaten.
And the mixture is then poured over your pecans which have been placed in your pie crust.
And into the oven it goes. Serious simplicity here!
Out comes a rich, decadent and delicious pecan pie that is perfect for Thanksgiving. Though I won’t judge if you want to make this again in March. It’s that good.
PECAN PIE
Pecan Pie
Ingredients
- 6 TBSP butter
- 1 cup and 1/4 light brown sugar (packed)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup Agave In The Raw
- 2 large eggs (room temperature)
- 2 cups pecans - I prefer mine coarsely chopped
- 1 9 " deep dish pie crust (unbaked (homemade or store bought is fine))
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Prepare your pie crust in your pie plate so that it is ready for your filling. Pour pecans into pie crust and spread out. Place pie plate with crust and pecans onto a baking sheet and set aside.
- In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, melt your butter. Once butter is melted, add brown sugar and stir until mixture is well combined. Remove from heat. Add in your vanilla, salt and Agave In The Raw, stirring until well combined. In a separate large bowl, gently beat the eggs. Add mixture in the saucepan to the egg mixture, stir to combine the two mixtures. Pour mixture over pecans in pie crust.
- Place pie plate (on baking sheet) into oven and bake until the filling is set, approximately 50-60 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for at least two hours prior to serving. Store in refrigerator tightly covered.
The nutrition facts provided are calculated using a third-party tool and are estimates only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on the ingredients and brands you use, as well as portion sizes. For accurate results, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.
I think you’ll love this pie and the depth of flavor that Agave In The Raw gives it. If you’ve never tried agave before, don’t worry, you will love the results, I promise (and I say that coming from a house full of picky eaters!).
And if you want your pecan pie to go, check out my pecan pie bars recipe.
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I hope this pie recipe makes it onto your Thanksgiving table, it will certainly be on mine!
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of In The Raw via RhythmOne. The opinions and text are all mine.
Meet Christi, Love From The Oven
I’m Christi I love sharing easy & delicious recipes that your family & friends will love. I’m a mom, baker, cookbook author and lover of sprinkles.
Do you toast the pecans beforehand?
I don’t, but you certainly can!
can i use regular sugar instead of the agave
You could use maple syrup or corn syrup in it’s place, but since this is a syrup (liquid), swapping for sugar (solid) would not be advised.
do you have to put agave in it? ive never had it and dont know if I can even get it.
Sunshine, you can use maple syrup in it’s place.
Sounds delish, will try and get back to you with results…thanks!!
First time Making pecan pie. The pie was a test run for Thanksgiving and my coworkers aka taste testers loved it. Wish I would have taken a picture to share. Going to try a few more of your recipes.
Thank you Christie.
Melissa, so happy to hear it! Also, way to go on the test run – it’s something I always advise people do do when making a new recipe for the first time, and planning to use it for a holiday or event. I’m sure your co-workers appreciated it!
Its in the oven…every other recipe called for 2 tbsp butter and 6 eggs, but this one is the opposite. Hope it works!
Tried this recipe with one minor change. Was out of vanilla so added 1T bourbon. Best pecan pie ever!! Everyone loved it!
Barbara, that sounds like a great addition to Pecan Pie!