What is National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day?
On August 20th, National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day will allow you to have your chocolate and pie as well. (National Pecan Pie Day is observed each year if chocolate isn't your preference, but we don't know anyone like it.) We don't know anyone like it.
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Chocolate pecan pie pairs well with ice cream, just like the original. This treat, another southern delight, features crisp pecans. Pecan pies are sold in the sugar pie category, giving them a gooey, almost caramel center. Different sugars make the pie's sweet batter, depending on the dish. Both brown and white sugars can be used, but molasses can also be used. Corn syrup is a common ingredient as well.. Even honey is used.
There is one ingredient that pops up from time to time that should not surprise any cooks. Any recipes call for a small amount of bourbon, rum, or whiskey. Since these spirits hail from the southern parts of North America, seasoning with them is a natural process.
While pecan pies contain eggs as a binder, it's also interesting to note another sugar pie made when eggs were out of season. The pie is called a sugar cream pie in the United States. Although we can't imagine there being a season for eggs, birds lay more eggs in spring and summer than they do in the fall and winter. Chickens are dependent on the sun to know when to lay eggs. They lay fewer eggs as the days are shorter. They may not lay any eggs at all in the winter..
