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I found this recipe in a Southern Living cookbook, and I had to try it because it only had five ingredients that I already had in my pantry. I am SO glad we tried these. Buck absolutely loves them. I was impressed that they even looked like pecan pies coming out of the muffin tins. If you don't want to go to the trouble of making a pecan pie this Christmas, everyone would be just as happy with these. The only thing Buck wished we'd had with these is vanilla ice cream--a mistake we won't make next time.
Pecan Pie Mini Muffins
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped pecans
2 large eggs
1 stick butter, melted
Preheat oven to 350. Mix brown sugar, flour, and pecans in a bowl. Make a well in the center of the mixture. Beat eggs until foamy. Stir together butter and eggs; add to dry ingredients, stirring until just moistened.
Spray 2 mini-muffin tins with cooking spray. Spoon batter into cups, filling two-thirds full. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes. Remove from pans immediately and cool on wire racks. Yields 2 dozen mini muffins.
This is my aunt Gloria Joy's recipe for chocolate pie. She's quite the chef, and my dad suggested that I make her recipe for this pie (she has several great ones). He knew it was too good not to try, and he was right! When Aunt Gloria Joy sent me the recipe, the last line of her recipe said, "This makes an ugly pie, so I serve it with whipped cream and toasted nuts." I did serve it that way, but unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of it that way, so you're seeing the ugliness but not tasting the goodness. It's runny, and I worried the pie wasn't done all the way, but it got high compliments. It was easy to put together, and it's great! Try it!
Gloria Joy's Chocolate Pie
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 Tbsp cocoa powder
5/8 cup fat free canned milk
4 Tbsp butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 frozen deep dish pie crust, defrosted
Preheat oven to 350. Beat eggs slightly. Add sugar and cocoa, and mix well. Add milk, butter, and vanilla, and mix well. Pour into the pie crust, and bake 45-50 minutes. After 20 minutes, cover loosely with a foil canopy. This makes an ugly pie, so serve it with whipped cream and toasted nuts.
