Pecan Pie In A Jar

Tis the season for baking & gifting & crafting! Here's a little bit of everything all in one.

When I was out shopping the other day, I came across this Pecan Pie in a Jar at Williams Sonoma. I love this idea, so I decided to create my own version with my own label. I included the labels as jpg's so you can print on sticky paper, stick to your jar & gift to your favorite friend or holiday hostess! Here's what you'll need:

FOR THE JAR MIX:

Medium sized mason jar

1 heaping cup of Pecans

1 cup Dark Corn Syrup

1 cup Brown Sugar

1 tsp pure Vanilla

1/4 cup chocolate chips (if you have a big enough jar. You can put these in a separate tiny jar too if you want to keep them separate. See photo & additional label below).

TO BAKE THE PIE:

1 pre-cooked 9 inch pie shell (I like Sister Schubert's)

3 eggs

1/3 cup melted butter

First, toast the pecans. I toasted my pecans in the toaster oven with a little vanilla sugar & cinnamon for about 4 minutes. Mix the corn syrup, pecans, sugar & vanilla in a mixing bowl. Then pour the mixture in to the jar and BOOM! Christmas gift! Don't forget to add the directions though because it could get messy without the eggs & butter. You could also add a tiny jar of chocolate chips in case someone might like chocolate pecan pie. The first one I made, I added the chips into the jar, which worked fine, but the jar was too big & it looked weird. But, you can also double the recipe & use a really big jar. If you order adhesive paper online instead of an office supply store, you'll save about 20 bucks. Here's a link to some that will do just fine. 

So simple & so delicious. I got this text after I made it the first time! YES! Thanks, Reid!

I hope you enjoy! Email me with any questions, and Happy Thanksgiving!

Lime Cheesecake for my Patient

So, I'm in Brooklyn for a few weeks taking care of my sister. She just had spinal fusion surgery, along with a laminectomy and a diskectomy. So obviously, she's not in great shape right now. But, she's getting better every day! I'll keep you posted on that. So, since we've been confined to about 400 square feet, we get kind of bored. And hungry. And I also believe that sweets are an excellent form of medication for people who are in pain. So since the weather's been so nice (except for the "tornado" yesterday) we decided to make adorable tiny lime cheesecakes to go along with all the sunshine pouring through the windows! The recipe comes from this cookbook. And it's suuuuper easy and delicious.

Ingredients:

Nilla wafers

1 container cream cheese (I used reduced fat)

1 small can (one cup) sweetened condensed milk

2 limes

STEP 1

While cream cheese is softening, crush desired amount of Nilla wafers in a ramekin for the crust

STEP 2

Line the bottom of the ramekin with the crushed cookies.

STEP 3

Mix the cream cheese and condensed milk until it looks blended

STEP 4

Juice and zest the limes and mix in with the cream cheese mixture until it looks glossy

STEP 5 (optional)

Make yourself a gin and Raspberry lemonade

STEP 6

Pour mixture in to each ramekin and refrigerate for 4 hours or until firm

The finished product! I think it looks pretty with the one cookie on top, but we ended up crumbling more on top because we forgot how delicious Nilla wafers are. Hope you enjoy!