Lighter Classic Pecan Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup nonfat milk
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine, melted
• cooking spray
• 1 egg
• 4 egg whites
• 1 cup corn syrup (light or dark)
• 2/3 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup pecan halves
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 crust: combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
• 2 add milk and butter; toss with a fork until moist.
• 3 press mixture gently into a 4-inch circle on heavy-duty plastic wrap; cover with additional plastic wrap.
• 4 roll dough, still covered, to an 11-inch circle.
• 5 freeze 10 minutes or until plastic wrap can be easily removed.
• 6 remove bottom sheet of plastic wrap; place dough into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray.
• 7 remove top sheet of plastic wrap.
• 8 fold edges under and flute edge.
• 9 preheat oven to 350f°.
• 10 filling: beat the egg and the next 4 ingredients (egg through 1/4 teaspoon salt) until well-blended.
• 11 stir in the pecan halves and the vanilla extract.
• 12 pour the mixture into the prepared crust.
• 13 bake the pie for 20 minutes, then cover with foil.
• 14 bake the pie an additional 20 minutes or until a knife inserted 1 inch from the edge comes out clean.
• 15 do not overbake.
• 16 cool pie on a wire rack.