Old-Fashioned Pecan Pie

Inspired by our Thanksgiving feast, I give you our Toasted Pecan Pie recipe. :)

 

Old-Fashioned Pecan Pie

 

Ingredients:

 

1 cup maple syrup

1 cup packed light brown sugar

1/2 cup heavy cream

1 Tablespoon molasses

4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/2 inch pieces

1/2 teaspoon salt

6 large egg yolks, lightly beaten

1 1/2 cups pecans, toasted* and chopped
1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell, chilled in pie plate for 30 minutes (use 1 half-recipe of Apple Praline Pie Crust (http://laviestbelle31.blogspot.com/2016/08/)**

 

 

Directions:

 

1. Preheat your oven to 450^oF.  Heat syrup, sugar, cream, and molasses in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally until the sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes. Whisk in butter and salt into syrup mixture until combined. Whisk in egg yolks until incorporated.
 

 

2. Scatter toasted pecan pieces in the pie shell.  Carefully pour filling over. Place pie in the hot oven and immediately reduce the oven temperature to 325^oF. Bake until filling is set and center jiggles slightly when pie is gently shaken, 45 to 60 minutes. Cool the pie on a rack for 1 hour, then refrigerate until set, about 3 hours and up to 1 day. Bring to room-temperature before serving. Serve with sweetened whipped cream or ice cream.

Recipe from Cook's Country


*To toast pecans, heat your oven to 350^oF. Place in a jelly-roll pan and stir every few minutes. Once darker in color and fragrant, they are done! (About 10 minutes.)

**If you have extra dough, I like to use small cookie cutters and cut leaves out to place around the border, using a little bit of water to make them stick. :)

 

 

Enjoy! :)

 

 

Love,

 

Ava Katherine<3

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

 

To commemorate this celebrated holiday, I would like to share with you George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation and bring us back to the true meaning of its origination.

 

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their Joint Committee requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanks-giving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."



Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation
in the Massachusetts Centennial

Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be. That we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks, for His kind care and protection of the People of this country previous to their becoming a Nation, for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of His providence, which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war, for the greatest degree of tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed, for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted, for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge and in general for all the great and various favors which He hath been pleased to confer upon us. And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions, to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually, to render our national government a blessing to all the People, by constantly being a government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed, to protect  and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shown kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord. To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and Us, and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.

 

Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.

 

Go. Washington

 

 

May your Thanksgiving be blessed!

 

Love,

 

Ava Katherine<3

 

 

 

 

Why Is the Bill of Rights Important?

       When the Constitution of the United States of America was written in 1787, many of the Founding Fathers did not deem it necessary to include a bill of rights. For one, they did not think it a critical issue, because they visualized a national government that was limited. Also, almost all of the state constitutions included a list of rights that the people were guaranteed. However, many Antifederalists feared that without this bill, the new government would take away the rights that the  people had just fought for. So, to appease those who opposed the Constitution, the Federalists drafted about 350 ideas, which then were reduced down to 12 amendments, passed through Congress, and then were sent to the states. Although only 10 were ratified by the appropriate number of states, those 10 became known as the United States Bill of Rights.

         The Bill of Rights was written to protect the U.S. citizens, to secure their rights, and to defend their beliefs. Highly important, this set of laws is the basis on which all our basic rights as Americans are founded upon. It bans actions that would threaten—and possibly blight—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Were these rights taken away, America would not be the free country it was designed and intended to be. The freedom of religion, the right to bear arms, and the freedom of the press are some of the greatest liberties America is known for. If those were taken away, where would we be? Wouldn’t we be a bit like Great Britain, whom we just spent a costly war breaking away from? Protecting the rights listed in this bill is essential to preserving American liberty.

"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

~Patrick Henry

 

Love,

 

Ava Katherine<3