Salted Caramel Pecan Chocolate Pie Gluten Free Version Too Food

SALTED BOURBON CARAMEL PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Using a mixer on low, work the flour and powdered sugar into the cold butter and shortening until you have a relatively uniform, crumbly mixture.
• Make a "well" in the middle of the mixture and pour the vinegar plus 1 tablespoon ice water into it.
• Use your hands to delicately incorporate the liquid, starting from the center of the well and working outward.
• Add to the mixture the remainding 1 tablespoon ice water, adding more if necessary, until you have a dough that holds together in a ball, but does not stick to your hands.
• Roll the dough out on a floured surface. Place the crust into a greased 9" pie dish and prick the bottom several times with a fork.
• For the Filling: Mix the brown sugar, white sugar, salt and melted butter in a large bowl.
• Add the boiling water and stir until sugar and salt dissolve.
• Add the beaten eggs and milk and mix well. If you want a very boozy-tasting pie, add 1 1/2 teaspoon bourbon. Otherwise, add 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.
• Mix in the pecans.
• Spread 1/4 cup caramel on bottom of prepared crust. Heat up the caramel first if it helps to spread it.
• Pour the filling into the crust and bake at 400 degrees F for 10 minutes and then reduce the heat to 350.
• Bake about 30 minutes more, or until the pie puffs up, and a knife inserted into the center comes out relatively clean.
• Cool the pie for at least two hours. Before serving, drizzle about 1/4 cup more caramel on top. It helps to heat up the caramel for this step as well.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL PECAN PIE

Steps:

• The pie crust is the pre made oreo crust. Caramels are a bag of Kraft caramels unwrapped. I use real butter and real vanilla.
• Toast pecans to bring out the flavor. Watch carefully, not to burn. In oven at 350 or on stove in a cast iron skillet.
• Melt caramels, 1/4 c butter and 1/4 c water- low heat- stir often.
• Mix eggs, beaten well w/ sugar, salt and vanilla.
• Remove caramel from heat and add in nuts then sugar mixture. Stir well and pour into crust. This will totally fill crust. Have crust on a cookie sheet.
• I bake at 300 for about 30-35 minutes. Will be a little jiggly- sets up more when cool.