Organic Southeast Texas Pecan Pie

 Organic Southeast Texas Pecan Pie 

Ingredients:

1 cup unsalted Kerigolds grass fed butter 6 T organic all purpose flour

4 1/4 cups Turbinado sugar or sucanat (sugar cane natural)

1 t pink Himalayan sea salt

12 - T organic whole milk

6 jumbo organic cage free eggs

4 t organic apple cider vinegar

2 T organic vanilla extract

1 T fresh whole nutmeg finely powderized

3 cups pecans 1/2 slightly chopped, 1/2 whole (lightly toasted in a black iron skillet)

 

2 - 9" pie crusts:

2 1/2 cups organic unbleached all purpose flour 

2 t pink Himalayan sea salt

1 cup Kerigolds organic grass fed un-salted butter 

1/4 to 1/2 cup ice water

In a large bowl mix flour and salt. Dice the butter up in small cubes and take a fork and mix making sure it is almost incorporated. Take your hands and squeeze it through your fingers until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in water until mixture forms a ball. Add more flour or water as needed. Split the dough in half and roll out on a floured surface to form 2, 9" pies. Lay the dough out evenly and press into pan. Cutesy up the edges as desired.

 Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Melt butter and set aside to cool

In a large bowl mix together flour, sugar and salt.

Add the milk and eggs and beat well.

Stir in the vinegar, vanilla, nutmeg, butter and pecans.

Pour mixture into the crusts and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until the middle still

appears to be slighlty gooey in the middle.

remove from the oven and let cool before slicing.