Palm Sugar Pecan Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Make the pie dough: Using your fingertips or the pulse function of a food processor, blend together the flour, sugar, butter and salt until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. There should be pebbles of butter throughout the mixture.
• Drizzle 1/4 cup ice water over the dough, and gently stir or pulse to combine. Gather a golf-ball-size bit of dough, and squeeze to combine. If it does not hold together, add remaining tablespoon of water.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and gather together into a rough ball. Divide the ball in half with a knife or a pastry scraper, then divide each portion in half again to create 4 portions. Using the heel of your hand, flatten each portion of dough once or twice to expand the pebbles of butter, then gather the dough together again in one ball.
• Flatten ball into a 5- or 6-inch disc. Wrap the disc in plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator for at least 60 minutes.
• Heat oven to 350. To blind bake the crust, roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of about 1⁄8 inch. Fit dough into a 9 1/2-inch deep-dish pie pan. Crimp edges, and pierce the bottom crust with the tines of a fork 8 times. Line dough with a large sheet of parchment paper, and spread evenly with pie weights so they reach up the sides of the crust. Bake 30 minutes until edges are set. Remove parchment and weights, and bake until pale golden brown all over, about 15 minutes longer. Cool completely on a rack.
• Meanwhile, make filling. Toast pecans in a 350-degree oven until just fragrant, 8 to 10 minutes. Allow to cool completely.
• Whisk together palm sugar, butter, cream, powdered milk and salt in a medium bowl until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla, whisking again until smooth. Place cooled nuts in crust, and pour the filling over the pie crust. (Pecans will float to top of pie while baking.)
• Place pie on a sheet pan, and bake in center of oven until filling is set with a slight jiggle and filling is pale golden around nuts, about 30 to 40 minutes.

Steps:

• Make the crust: Sift the flour and salt together into a large bowl.
• Using only your fingertips, pinch the cubes of butter into the flour, breaking up the butter as you go, until no large lumps remain. Shake the bowl to coax the large chunks of butter to the surface.
• Mix the egg yolks and ice water together in a small bowl with a fork until evenly combined.
• Add the liquid to the flour mixture, reserving ¼ or so in case you don't need all of it--you don't want the pastry to be too wet. Quickly mix everything together with a fork until the dough just starts to come together. Add more liquid to the driest parts of the dough if needed. The dough is ready when it holds together in a ball when squeezed in your palm.
• Transfer the dough to a clean surface and bring together in a disc. Wrap the dough disc in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes, or up to 4 days.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
• Lightly flour a clean surface and unwrap the disc of chilled dough. Flour the top of the dough. Start to roll out the dough, turning every few rolls.. If any cracks form, smush them back together. Roll out the dough to a circle about ⅛-inch (3 mm) thick and place into a 9-inch (22 cm) pie dish. Trim any excess dough around the sides, then crimp the edges in a decorative pattern.
• Place a piece of parchment in the center of the pie crust and add the pie weights or dried beans. 9. Bake for 15 minutes, until lightly golden brown.
• Make the filling: In a large bowl, whisk together 1½ cups (185 G) pecans, corn syrup, eggs, sugar, vanilla, melted butter, and salt.
• Carefully lift the parchment with the pie weights from the par-baked pie crust, then pour in the filling. Arrange the remaining ½ cup (62 G) pecans in concentric circles on top.
• Return the pie to the oven for 20 minutes, then cover with a piece of foil and continue baking for 40 minutes, until the filling is completely set. Let the pie cool completely.
• Slice and serve the pie chilled or at room temperature.
• Enjoy!