This homemade pecan pie is a classic old-fashioned dessert that’s perfect for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It has the best combination of sweet and salty! Plus, it’s so easy to make that the kids can help with every step of this recipe. Give it a try and you’ll see why it’s our family’s favorite pecan pie recipe!
Looking for more pecan dessert ideas? Make sure to try my Pecan Pie Bars or my Chocolate Pecan Pie!
 I’ve partnered with Karo® Syrup for this easy and delicious recipe.
An Easy Homemade Pecan Pie Recipe
I don’t typically bake pies all year round. I suppose I reserve my pie baking for special occasions and holidays. I’m not really sure why that is, because they really aren’t difficult to make, especially the recipe that I am going to share with you today, this Classic EASY Pecan Pie recipe!
This Pecan Pie recipe is so quick, I should really make it a year-round dessert. Because while Pecan Pie is just about as important to your Thanksgiving meal as the turkey, I kind of feel like it should get some love on a random Wednesday in March as well. Let’s make it happen!
What is Pecan Pie?
Pecan Pie is Southern baking at its finest. It’s made from pecans, with a filling that includes butter, sugar, eggs, and Karo® Corn Syrup. The subtle sweetness of the Karo® Corn Syrup is what really sets this recipe apart from the rest.
And, this is the perfect pie recipe for beginners, or for kids to get involved in the holiday meal prep.
How to Make Pecan Pie
The steps for this recipe are so easy. All you do is mix together your Karo® Corn Syrup (you can use light or dark), your eggs, granulated sugar, butter, vanilla, and pecans!
You can certainly make your own pie crust, and I have a really great pie crust recipe here on my site, but for a time saver, which is great when you’re trying to prepare for a big meal, you can also use a frozen deep dish pie crust, or even the rolled up crusts. I love taking any short cuts I can around the holidays, when I have a lot of different dishes to prepare.
Trust me, the filling of this pie is the start of the show, so it doesn’t matter too much what kind of crust you use!
You can enjoy your pie with ice cream on top, whipped cream, or on it’s own. The crunchy pecans, paired with the sweet filling, is guaranteed to bit a hit.
The beauty of this Easy Pecan Pie recipe is that the prep time is less than 10 minutes, and you can make it in advance, so you’re not struggling with desserts the day of your family gathering. It’s a fantastic recipe, that you can rely on to turn out perfectly every time.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes - Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: serves 10 1x
- Category: Pie
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Dessert
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This homemade pecan pie is a classic old-fashioned dessert that’s perfect for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It has the best combination of sweet and salty! Plus, it’s so easy to make that the kids can help with every step of this recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Karo® Light OR Dark Corn Syrup
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1–1/2 cups (6 ounces) coarsely chopped pecans
- 1 (9-inch) unbaked OR frozen deep-dish pie crust
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix Karo® Light Corn Syrup, eggs, sugar, butter and vanilla using a spoon or a rubber spatula. Stir in pecans and pour the mixture into pie crust.
- Bake on center rack of oven for 60 to 70 minutes. Cool for at least 2 hours on wire rack before serving.
Notes:
If you are using a prepared frozen pie crust, place cookie sheet in oven and preheat oven as directed. Pour filling into frozen crust and bake on preheated cookie sheet.
The pie is done when center reaches 200°F. Tap center surface of pie lightly – it should spring back when done. If pie crust is over-browning, cover edges with foil.
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Hi! I’m Shelly and I’m an addict. Of the buttercream sort. I started this site a few years ago as a way to justify my sugary, buttery obsession with desserts. It has worked out well for me so far, because as it turns out you guys all love sugary, buttery desserts too! It feels good to know you're not alone, doesn’t it?
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I never tried Pie before. But after seeing this article, I will definitely try to make this recipe.
Thank you so much for the Amazing Recipe.
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Hey, Shelly
I just make this recipe to follow your guideline, super easy and I know my pies will be delicious!
Thanks for sharing
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Flavor was good, my only problem was it being too sweet and I don’t know why but it did not solidify all that well it was great on top but the middle was runny, I will try again but next time less sugar and less corn syrup maybe the pie shell was not deep enough?
Could you use brown sugar? Or a combo of white and brown sugar? I just thought that might give it an adaptional depth of flavor and richness.
Yes, absolutely!
Can you give me a recipe for the oatmeal pie version? I’m allergic to pecans and walnuts, but would really love to try this kind of pie. I found another recipe but they changed it, adding spices that are not consistent with a pecan pie. I just want a pecan pie with out the pecans. I just heard about this oatmeal version. Or on another note, would it work with peanuts?
I love this pie recipe so much. I will follow this recipe, my next cook 🙂
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Hi Shelly,
Thanks for sharing such a lovely recipe. It’s so simple. I’m a big fan of this.
I never tried pie. This is first time ever I am going to make this recipe. I will prepare it this weekend as you showed above.
Thank your for the recipe.
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Good luck!!
Wow, pecanpie, i love it. With chocolate sprinkles on top. Mmm
Oh my goodness! My 7 year and I made this pie tonight. It is so delicious and so simple to make! It’s like eating warm candy that melts in your mouth. Delicious!!
What a great mouth watering recipe. I really like your recipes. I will try this one definitely.
I put my pecan halves in the bottom of the crust then pour the mixture over them. The halves rise to the top and I have found no need to add pecans to the top.
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Great tip!
When I made this recipe my crust got soft in the middle and mixed with the filing. I used a frozen crust. What am 8 do8ng wrong.?
Oh no!! It mixed with the crust? Thats super strange. If the crust got soft, I would always recommend baking it a little longer, but there are so many factors. When baking pies I think baking them on the bottom rack is best practice to ensure the bottom gets fully cooked. I wish I could help more, but I’ve never heard of this happening!
OK, so this is a great recipe, and I’ve made it 3x now. I make my own pie crust, brush it with egg white before adding the filling, and i get a great crust all the way around. My problem is the time and temp for cooking. Of the 3 pies I cooked, 2 burned, one came out great (it was gone within 10 minutes of being completely cooled). I cooked the other 2 at 350 for 45-50 minutes. Wasn’t quite done. Added a few more minutes, and before I knew it, my kitchen was full of smoke from burning… Read more »
I forgot the butter?, will this affect the texture?
It won’t make a huge difference!
First time that I am making a pie!! I bake a lot but for some reasons never any pies!! My friend is a big fan of Pecan pie and she invited me for Thanksgiving and asked me if I could make one!! So I followed your recipe and everyone LOVED IT!!!! It took less than 5 minutes for the pie to be completely gone!! Love this recipe thank you!! ??
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SO glad you liked it!!
What is the size of the pan tart?
VERY irritating that cookie alerts/custom ads blocks the ingrediens list. Now I have to RE-PRINT! This better be tasty!! Or else… 😉
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You should be able to hit the print recipe button at the top of the page, or on the recipe card to print the recipe without ads 🙂
This was my first Pecan Pie I’ve ever made. Was looking for an easy recipe and found this one. I made it today, the day before Thanksgiving, and everyone staying here decided it looked so good, there was no point waiting till turkey day. Needless to say, it did a disappearing act pretty quickly. Everyone loved it. This was extremely easy to make, and not counting dough in fridge time, took less than 25 minutes from making pie dough to the oven. I bake a lot, but usually avoid pies. But, I found a buttery pie dough recipe with four… Read more »
So glad you liked it!!
Can I use roasted and salted nuts
I wouldn’t use salted nuts, your pie would be a little too salty
Pecan Pies recipe above- does this recipe make 2 pies or just one pie?
Ivye
one pie!
do you pour the mix in the frozen shell frozen or let it thaw out?
You can use it frozen or thawed 🙂
I like just a hint of chocolate. Melt maybe 1/4c semi-sweet chocolate chips in a small cup in the microwave then paint a thin layer onto the bottom of your crust with a pastry brush. You can melt a few more if you need to to cover, but you don’t want to overdo the chocolate. And while we’re doctoring a recipe, I add a tablespoon of bourbon instead of vanilla to a pecan pie. Fabulous!
What adaptations would you make to add a chocolate component to this without hurting the consistency?
I have a recipe for Chocolate Pecan Pie on my site! Here you go! https://cookiesandcups.com/chocolate-pecan-pie/
If you would like to make this recipe exactly as stated and addd chocolate I would stir in 1/2 cup chocolate chips to the batter 🙂
Dear Shelly,
hi i wanted to ask you about Corn syrup. Here in Cyprus i haven’t seen, in any supermarket corn syrup, is there any substitute i can use.
many thanks
Malvina
You can make your own by dissolving 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar in 1/4 cup very hot water. OR you can use golden syrup, agave nectar, cane syrup, or honey. The honey, cane syrup, or golden syrup might alter the flavor slightly. Light corn syrup doesn’t have a flavor, it’s just sweet, so if you use any other liquid sweetener just note that it will alter the taste.
I hope I can remember to make this for my friend as a Thanksgiving/Christmas present because it is her favorite pie type