pecans – Brenda blogs about … https://brendablog.com cooking, baking, miscellaneous recipes lying around Sat, 28 Mar 2020 17:19:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5 Nana’s Pecan Pie https://brendablog.com/recipe/nanas-pecan-pie/ Sat, 28 Mar 2020 17:19:00 +0000 http://www.brendablog.com/?post_type=recipe&p=571 My grandmother, Nana, gave me this recipe when I visited her in 1984.

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup corn syrup
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 3 eggs, well beaten
  • 1 cup pecan pieces
  • 1 unbaked 9″ pie shell
  1. Mix sugar, syrup and butter.
  2. Add eggs and pecans
  3. Fill pie shell with mixture and bake in moderately hot (400F) oven for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to moderate (350F) and continue baking for 30-35 minutes.
]]> Swiss Cheese and Grape Salsa https://brendablog.com/recipe/swiss-cheese-and-grape-salsa/ Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:03:05 +0000 http://www.brendablog.com/?post_type=recipe&p=431 Looks pretty good! See http://www.snackpicks.com/en_US/recipes/details/swiss-cheese-and-grape-salsa.html.

  • 2 cups finely shredded Swiss cheese
  • 2 cups chopped green seedless grapes
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted*
  • 3 tablespoons honey mustard salad dressing
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon or basil
  1. Mix together and serve on crackers.
]]> Praline Sauce https://brendablog.com/recipe/praline-sauce/ Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:58:26 +0000 http://www.brendablog.com/?p=239
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, packed
  • 3/4 cups corn syrup
  • 3 Tblsp flour
  • 5 ounces evaporated milk
    1. Toast pecans (300F for 15 min.)
    2. Melt butter.
    3. Add brown sugar, corn syrup and flour.
    4. Boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
    5. Cool to lukewarm.
    6. Gradually stir in evaporated milk and pecans.
    7. Serve warm.
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