Best Pecan Pie Recipes

Chef John Stage of New York's famous Dinosaur Bar-B-Que lends us his favorite Thanksgiving recipe that incorporates the Thanksgiving staple, sweet potatoes, into another Thanksgiving favorie, Pecan Pie. 

​Pecan pie is a classic dessert, especially for fall and winter get togethers. Sorghum lends its mild-sweet flavor to this southern variation.This recipe is courtesy of the wonderful Loveless Café, although this particular pie is not sold in their café.

This sweet martini mimics the flavors of pecan pie with the combination of Irish cream liqueur and pecan pie flavored vodka. Recipe courtesy of Lidl

This amazing upside down cake is a perfect mix of brown sugar, melted butter and pecan halves. The end result is a delicious pecan pie with an upside down cake as its crust. This recipe is courtesy of Betty Crocker. 

"Celebrating Christmas with my family means everyone is crammed in the kitchen because you’re either making your best dish or picking at everything because you’re starving already. This is why I believe the kitchen brings people together whatever the occasion is because it always brought my Irish family together. Growing up we celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve and that hasn’t changed to this day.  My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is prime rib with béarnaise and only my grandpa’s creamy pommes purée. Ultimately it comes down to the pies for me because I have a sweet tooth so nothing beats the hot apple pie with homemade vanilla ice cream."