The Culture
July 12, 2018
Recipes to Help You Celebrate National Pecan Pie Day
From bourbon-pecan to chocolate-pecan, dig in to these eight recipes.
Pecan Pie
Texas History
November 19, 2013
Jane Smith-Garcés’s Pecan Pie
A pie that never lasts long enough to be stored in the refrigerator.
Politics & Policy
March 12, 2013
COME AND BAKE IT
How do we love pecan pie? Senator Charles Schwertner counts the ways.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Six World Records Set in Texas…and Four More That Need to Be
World's biggest Frito pie? Check. Most consecutive back handsprings? Got it. Largest pecan pie? Indeed. But when it comes to some truly important Guinness records, Texas is playing second enchilada.
Recipes
January 20, 2013
Black-Bottom Pecan Pie
Piecrust1 1/2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup vegetable shortening 3 to 4 tablespoons cold waterIn mixing bowl, combine flour and salt. Mix in shortening with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle water over mixture one tablespoon at a time, stirring with fork. Form dough into ball and
Eat My Words
March 30, 2012
Pecan Pie from Pie It Forward
We couldn’t resist asking Gesine to share her pecan pie recipe with us. Check out the instructions for that crunchy, gooey Texas dessert, below.Pecan Pie from Pie it Forward ⅛ batch Quick Puff Pastry (page 22 of Pie It Forward) 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar,
Food & Drink
October 31, 2011
How to Bake a Pecan Pie
Bud "the Pieman" Royer of Royers Round Top Cafe shares his pecan pie recipe.
Eat My Words
April 14, 2011
Cook Like a Texan: More Last Meals
Our April “Home Plates” package included “Last Meals” from Jim Lehrer (“no dessert or coffee” – with good reason), Willie Nelson, Jason Moran (who takes up for mac-and-cheese as a vegetable), Charles Butt, Karen Hughes and Governor Rick Perry (bing-cherry congealed salad with cream cheese and pecan topping –
Street Smarts
October 31, 2009
Downtown Llano
Handmade crafts, homey cafes, and cowboy couture make this Hill Country hamlet a browser’s paradise.
Food & Drink
November 1, 1994
Bessie’s Pecan Pie
The Eighty-third Legislature just named the pecan pie the state pie of Texas. Celebrate by baking one using one of our very favorite recipes.
Food & Drink
November 1, 1994
The Best Pecan Pie on Earth
This Thanksgiving recipe has been my family’s secret for four generations. Now it can be told.