Off the shopping list: pecans, eggs, butter, honey, flour. Bought: sugar, vanilla, salt.
Method
Heat oven to 350°F. Line a pie pan with the crust and crimp the edge.
Toast the pecans 6–8 min until fragrant; cool.
Whisk eggs, honey, brown sugar, melted butter, vanilla, and salt until smooth.
Stir in the chopped pecans; pour into the crust and arrange the halves on top.
Bake 50–55 min until the center is just set with a slight jiggle.
Cool completely (it sets as it cools). Serve with whipped cream off the top of the milk.
From the farm: the pecans come off the
silvopasture trees from year 8–10 on; until then, this is the one fall pie worth buying nuts for. The
eggs, butter, and honey are year-round staples.