SOUTHERN MAPLE PECAN PIE
Maple Pecan Pie is a wonderful pie you can enjoy anytime! This recipe is a little different from the traditional pecan pie since it’s made with maple syrup, but once you try this version, you will never go back!
If you love this pie, you will also want to try this Classic Chess Pie. It’s a great dessert, and it’s effortless to make too.
❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS DELICIOUS DESSERT
This pie is so good, and we love making it with maple syrup, it just brings out a wonderful flavor with the pecans. We also feel that the addition of ice cream is a big plus. We love this pie heated up, then you add the ice cream, and it really is the most decadent dessert! It’s hard to beat the old classics and this one will always be in my top 5 pie picks. Also, pecan pie is a holiday must-have. This dish must grace the dessert table at either Thanksgiving or Christmas!
🍴KEY INGREDIENTS
- Brown sugar
- Maple syrup (pure maple syrup is best)
- Eggs
- Butter
- Vanilla extract
- Salt
- Pecans, chopped or whole
- 1 unbaked 9 inch pie crust
SWAPS
There really aren’t a lot of swaps for this recipe, but you could switch out the vanilla extract for maple or butter extract. Someone commented they used Khalua in place of the vanilla extract. You could also replace it with rum or bourbon.
🍽️HOW TO MAKE
This pie is so easy to make, the most challenging part will be making the pie crust, but you can always use a store-bought one. You will see in the video a store-bought one was used to save time, but love using this recipe to make our own pie crust.
COOKING STEPS
Step 1
Whisk sugar, syrup, eggs, butter, vanilla, and salt together in bowl. Add pecans.
Step 2
Pour into crust. Bake in 400 degree oven for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and cook approximately 30 – 40 minutes longer until filling is set in center.
Step 3
Top with ice cream or whipped cream for a wonderful dessert!
⭐TIP
Always make sure your pecans are fresh, as stale pecans will affect the taste of the pie. Let pie cool completely before slicing, so it has time to set up. Although I do like my pie a little warm if served with ice cream, I let it cool and then just heat up a slice in the microwave.
SERVE THIS WITH
Serve this with vanilla ice cream, homemade whipped cream, and a cup of coffee, and you are set for a delicious dessert!
RECIPE RECOMMENDATION
If you are picked to bring a dessert to a holiday gathering, this is a great one. It’s super easy to make (see video below), and it is a Southern classic that almost everyone loves.
❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
If the pie is runny, you didn’t cook it long enough.
No you do not need to prebake the crust.
STORING AND REHEATING
We store this pie in the refrigerator and we also heat up a slice in the microwave if we are topping it with ice cream.
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This is a great twist on a classic! If you love pecans and coconut this is a winner!
SERVING SIZE
This pie will serve 6 and possibly 8 if you cut smaller slices.
PRINTABLE RECIPE
Southern Maple Pecan Pie
Video
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup maple syrup pure maple syrup is best
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 stick of butter or margarine melted or 4 tablespoons
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups pecans chopped or whole
- 1 unbaked 9 inch pie crust
Instructions
- Whisk sugar, syrup, eggs, butter, vanilla, and salt together in bowl. Add pecans. Pour into crust. Bake in 400 degree oven for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and cook approximately 30 – 40 minutes longer until filling is set in center. Top with whipped cream or ice cream for a wonderful dessert.
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This is a great recipe! Simple and tasty.
I made a couple adjustments: the cup of maple syrup made it plenty sweet, no added sugar needed; and I decided to chop half the pecans, and kept the remaining whole.
Thanks!
Made it for Thanksgiving and I’m making it again for Christmas! It’s seriously the best pecan pie! Thank you for all your wonderful recipes!!
You are very welcome and we are so glad you enjoyed this pie! We agree.. this is a great recipe!
This pie is incredibly easy, reliable, and delicious. You cannot go wrong with this pie. The tip about making sure to bake it long enough was really helpful as our ovens are often not accurately calibrated, and thus can take longer than the 30-40 minutes. I waited to take mine out til the filling puffed up and set in the center (maybe about 45 to 50 minutes). Previously, I’ve taken a pecan pie out with still a little jiggle, so the tip to just keep baking beyond the instructed time was hella helpful. Great pie!
YAY!! We agree.. this is a fantastic pie!
You think its okay to assemble the filling the night before and refrigerate it over night?
Yes, I think that would be fine.
Do you think adding a table spoon of all purpose flour would help it set up, since maple syrup is thinner than corn syrup?
I certainly don’t think it needs it, I’ve never had an issue with tis pie setting up.
Can you freeze this pie for later use? Thank you.
I believe it would freeze just fine.
Great recipe for pecan pie!! So much better, in our humble opinion, with maple syrup than corn syrup. Love your recipes. You’ve made my kitchen smell good, and meals taste good, for quite some time! ❤️
YAY!! We agree.. this recipe is a hit! So glad you are enjoying the recipe and thank you for the kind words.
I like this recipe because it’s simple and straightforward…the only change I made was to reduce the brown sugar by 1/2 cup. Generally speakiing, most Pecan Pie recipes are way too sweet for us and I might even have to reduce the sugar again after I taste it. I’m from Vermont and we know a thing or two about maple syrup and how to cook with it.
This is the only recipe I’ll ever use And in the future. My family loves it. The pure maple syrup makes the difference, compared to recipes that call for corn syrup, there’s no match. Thank you, southernladycooks.com for this fantastic recipe.
You’re so welcome Penny! We are so thrilled that you love this recipe, we do too!
Thoughts on 1/2 cup maple syrup and 1/2 cup caramel with an Oreo crust?
Also curious about using corn starch mixed with cold water to thicken?
I would have no clue if that would work but good luck and let us know how it goes!
If using a premade pie crust should it be thawed first before baking the pie?
No, it doesn’t have to be thawed out before baking.
The pie did not “set up”, very runny. Any suggestions?
A pecan pie if baked correctly will set up several hours after it has been taken out of the oven and reaches room temperature. If yours didn’t then my guess is you didn’t bake it long enough. Thanks!
I have it in the oven for another 5 mins. At a time, because it is crusted over the top, but liquid still in the middle. Why??? Is this normal until it cooling? I followed all instructions and have been making pies for years, just not pecan pie.
It’s normal for the top to crust over and for it to be more soft in the middle. That is how a pecan pie is.
Thanks ladies on this maple pecan pie recipe. I have to eat sweets sparingly since my detection last year for Type 2 diabetes. I can have some sweets if my sugar is down. I had it approved by my Dr. Thank you for all the wonderful ideas. Have a Merry Christmas and God Bless you both. Hope we don’t get in trouble for my email,Dennis
Merry Christmas!
Hello! I am so excited to make this. Very new to making pies and this recipe looks so simple. Just checking that you don’t need to bake the crust first? You just throw all the ingredients together at once? Thank you so much!
That is correct! You dont need to bake the pie crust first.
Oh yummy! I made this for our Thanksgiving meal. It was delicious! My husband wanted to know what all was in the filling because it was perfect. It’s certainly rich, but that’s what makes it delicious! Thank you for an amazing recipe!
So glad it was a hit!
I have started making this using reg. maple pancake syrup. There used to be Karo maple syrup but I cant find it anymore. My syrup that I use is just fine. People cant believe how good it is! Comments I have received are what did you put in this to make it so good. I say Maple flavored pancake syrup!!!!
Looks good but maple syrup is very hard to find in my Mississippi rural grocery stores. I bet a small bottle would coast a mint…8 oz.=1 cup. Are maple trees native to the South ?? What can be substituted? Do you have a good old true Southern pecan recipe to share also?? Bourbon is better than vanilla extract. Thank ya and Happy New Year
You might try honey, molasses or corn syrup as a substitute Stephanie. There are lots of maple trees in Kentucky. I also find it at Sam’s Club and it is not terribly expensive there. This is the only pecan pie on our site currently. We have a recipe for candied pecans and also pecan pie bars on the site if you are interested. Just type pecans in the search box and all our recipes using pecans should come up for you. Happy New Year to you, too!
Order real maple syrup on line. Worth it.
We make this every Thanksgiving! My family loves it. Thank you for this fabulous recipe.
I love your recipes! Do you have a regular pecan pie recipe to share? I’m in search of a good one. My husband loves pecan pie! I tried this maple recipe, and we both didn’t care for the maple flavor. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful recipes!
There used to be a good one on the Karo syrup bottle but I don’t know if it is still on there or not. I don’t have another one on the site.
I always make 4 different pies on Thanksgiving and Christmas, Pecan being one of them (for my mom!)…I usually use 1/2 light and 1/2 dark Karo syrup. I’m going to TRY this one this year! Yikes! Hope she likes it! Sounds delicious! Will hope for no seeping/sticking, lol :/ Wish me luck! and thanks!
Tasted this pie about three years ago at Thanksgiving in Texas. I had always used Karo syrup but after tasting this my husband wants nothing but the maple pecan pie. Delicious.
Can you clarify whether this should be salted or unsalted butter? Thanks!
I would use unsalted since salt is added to this pie. If you want to use salted, then omit the salt. Thanks!
This has been my “new” pecan pie recipe! I took a few to a pie auction back around Thanksgiving and got several facebook messages following asking for the recipe. The only thing I do different is replace the vanilla with Kahlua (with maybe a splash extra)….I’ve always put Kahlua in my pecan pies because it just gives them a little something extra. Thanks for the recipe!! 😉
I tried this recipe in place of my regular one & it was a big hit!! Will be using this one from now on!!
Wanted to let you know this is the first time using pure maple syrup. . The pie was a hit and the flavor was out of the wold compare to karo syrup. . But i did notice that using regular pie crust i had left over filling so i made some more and used instead deepdish and it worked so much better with out leaving any filling whats so ever. .
So happy you enjoyed this pie Debra.
The recipe I use calls for dark corn syrup, do you think it’ll come out alright if I try using both dark corn syrup & the maple syrup? I also put chocolate chips in mine, will it work in your recipe as well? Thank you in advance 🙂
Sorry, this is the only way I have ever made it, Jesse.
the recipe on the karo dark syrup bottle is the one I use but I don’t use the dark syrup.. I use the karo waffle syrup.. had to order it tho as walmart stopped having it but think Kroger still does….its not a strong as the dark………….
Hi, could you please assist me, where I live butter does not come in sticks, only per weight eg. grams or kg’s, how many grammes would a stick be ?
This might help you Gerda: http://www.traditionaloven.com/conversions_of_measures/butter_converter.html
1/2 stick of butter is about 30 grams.
Maple syrup is so expensive now so I’ll wait for the holiday to try it.
Adding 2 Tbsp of Southern Comfort to the pie filling gives it a kick!!
I always do a different pie each year.. going to try this version of the pie.. 🙂 sounds good…
I’ve never used maple syrup in a pecan pie, always used white karo syrup, but this sounds good so I’ll have to try it.
I want to try this very soon !