Pecan Cheesecake Pie

Course Dessert

Cuisine American, Southern

Keyword best-pecan-cheesecake-pie, cheesecake-pecan-pie, southern-cheesecake-pecan-pie

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 55

Cooling Time 4

Total Time 5 5

Servings servings

Calories 529kcal

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place the pie shell on a sheet pan. Set aside. (There's no need to thaw or parbake the pie shell.)
In a medium bowl use an electric mixer to beat together the cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and 1 egg. Beat on medium speed until creamy and smooth. Pour the cheesecake batter evenly into the bottom of the pie shell.
Sprinkle the pecans over the cream cheese mixture.
In a clean bowl, whisk together corn syrup, vanilla extract, melted butter, 3 Tbsp white sugar and remaining 3 eggs. Whisk until fully combined. Gently pour over the pecans.
Place the pie onto the bottom rack of the oven and bake for 50-60 minutes or until the center is set when gently shaken, there may be slight movement. (The pie will puff up while baking and settle as it cools.)
Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely to room temperature, then chill.

Nuts: You could make this pie using chopped walnuts or almonds in place of pecans.

Sugar in the Pecan Pie Filling: You can replace the granulated sugar with the same amount of light brown sugar for a caramel pecan pie flavor. Dark brown sugar would have a stronger molasses flavor.

Corn Syrup: Light corn syrup is my first choice for this pie, but you could use dark corn syrup. I don't recommend using honey, if would overpower the flavor.

Butter - Unsalted: If you use unsalted butter for the pecan pie layer add a pinch of salt to balance the sweetness of the corn syrup.

Crust: You could use a graham cracker crust making your own graham crackers crumbs in a food processor, in place of a pastry crust. When doing so, keep in mind that this cheesecake pie has to be baked in a 9-inch deep dish pie pan or springform pan to hold the filling. You can still add pecans to the crumbs for the crust. See my Homemade Graham Cracker recipe here.