Tag: bourbon
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Bourbon Preserved Figs
If you’re lucky enough to have a fig tree, or a neighbor who has one, you have figs coming out your ears in early summer…and perhaps again in late fall, especially if you live in a Southern state. This fall crop of figs often gets interrupted by early frosts. The figs are still green when…
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Bourbon Fig Jam
You fall into one of two categories of humans. The first: someone who has to pay an outrageous amount of money to purchase figs at the grocery store when they’re in season…sometimes up to a dollar a fig. If you’re not that person, you fall into the other category. Either you or a neighbor has…
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“Perfect” Pecan Pie (with NO CORN SYRUP option!)
For those of you who don’t want the BETTER option of my Pumpkin Bourbon Pecan Pie recipe, here is a purist’s recipe for Pecan Pie, perfected: CRUST Feel free to make your family butter pastry recipe, but this is how I do it: 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour (I use unbleached flour) 1 tsp…
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Pumpkin Bourbon Pecan Pie
A video tutorial for this recipe is located at the bottom of the page… I love to bake, especially pies, even though I don’t eat dessert most of the time. However, my two favorite pies in the world are pecan pie and, naturally, pumpkin pie. My friends finally convinced me to meld the two pies…