"pecan pie" news and stories

Pecan pie is, well, easy as pie to make with the help of six ingredients and an hour in the oven.

Get this pecan pie recipe along with many others after the jump.

• What's more Southern than pecan pie? At Thanksgiving time, it's a blackberry jam cake with a dollop of Charlotte custard sauce.
• Festival goers at Mamma Mia, Daphne's annual edible celebration of the Alabama town's Italian heritage, will be able to weigh in on their favorites this year, selecting a People's Choice winner.
• Experts reveal a fail-safe recipe for deep-fried turkey: three minutes a pound at 340 degrees (and, for best results, don't bother with a newfangled electric turkey fryer).

Pecan pie often toes the line of extreme sweetness with its sugar-corn syrup filling. Here, the tartness of cranberries helps cut the sugariness of the pecan pastry.

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Pecan pie is good, but pecan pie married with chocolate is even better. The sweet, buttery dessert gets a chocoholic twist in this Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie recipe.

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I'm not a big pecan guy. My tastes run more towards pistachios and cashews, but don't let that stop you from celebrating Pecan Day!

Here's everything you need to know about pecans from the National Pecan Shellers Association. Of course, no Pecan Day celebration would be complete without a recipe for pecan pie. Here's one from Rachael Ray, one from AllRecipes, and also one from Simply Recipes.

But there's more to do with pecans. Here's a recipe for Caramel Pecan Cheesecake, and here's one for Wild Rice Cranberry Pecan Salad.