My First Published Recipe

Marie Nygren — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:41:00 +0000

My mother’s sister, Sarah Spano, was the Food Editor for the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in Columbus, Georgia. Sarah was quite a character, a wonderful lady and a great story teller.

She would come to Atlanta often to visit her sisters who lived here. On one of those visits in 1976, I made a Chocolate Pecan Bourbon Pie for her. Aunt Sarah loved the pie so much that she wrote a story about me and my cooking. At sixteen, I had my first published recipe.

It’s become a favorite dessert at the Inn and will be on the menu at the Farmhouse this weekend. We would love to see you for dinner.

Here is the recipe:

Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie

Combine in a heavy sauce pan:

one cup of dark Karo syrup
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. salt

Bring to a rolling boil, stirring steadily, for two minutes.

Remove from heat and add;

3 tbsp. butter

Beat in separate bowl:

3 eggs

Pour hot syrup mixture slowly into eggs, beating with a wire whisk.

Add:

1 cup toasted pecan pieces (see “food byte” on side bar)
1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup bourbon

Pour into unbaked pie shell and bake for 45-50 minutes, until filling is firm. Cool before cutting.

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My First Published Recipe