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Dave’s Favorite Pecan Pie

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Dave makes a mean pecan pie. But it’s really, really simple.

Ingredients for one 9″ Pie:
¼ c Butter
⅔ c Brown Sugar, firmly packed
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¼ tsp Salt
⅛ tsp Cinnamon
⅛ tsp All-Spice
¼ tsp Nutmeg
¾ c Dark Corn Syrup
3½ Eggs, beaten (round down)
1 tsp Vanilla
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1 c Pecan Halves
1 9″ Pie Crust

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 450°
  2. Cream sugar and butter together until fluffy.
  3. Beat in next 7 ingredients.
  4. Line pie pan with crust, then pecans. Pour filling in.
  5. Bake at 450° for 10 minutes.
  6. Bake at 350° for 35+ minutes, until knife in the center comes out clean.

An 8″ pie pan, if that’s what you have, is about 20% less.

Source: The Encyclopedia of Cooking (modified)

Chili Cheese Rice Bake ala Dave

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This is a really easy, really filling, and really cheap meal.

Ingredients:
4 oz Green Chile, canned diced
3 c Rice, cooked
2 c Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
½ c Cheddar Cheese, shredded
1 c Sour Cream
½ tsp Salt

Instructions:

  1. Mix chiles, sour cream, salt in a bowl.
  2. In a 1.5 quart casserole, repeat these layers twice:
    • 1 c rice
    • 2/3 c Jack
    • 1/3 of sour cream mix
  3. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes (or 3 minutes at 100% in a microwave)
  4. Sprinkle cheddar all over top.
  5. Bake another 15 minutes (2 minutes at 100%) until cheese is melted and casserole is heated through.

It’s also quite possible just to mix everything up and bake it.

Serves: 6

Source: Dave got it from somewhere

Scotch Old-Fashioned

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Another favorite of Margie’s.
Ingredients:

  • 1 cube Sugar
  • 1 dash Bitters
  • 1 tsp. Water
  • 2 oz. Scotch

Instructions:

  1. In an old-fashioned glass, muddle Sugar, Water, and Bitters
  2. Add scotch and stir.
  3. Add a twist of lemon peel and ice.

If you don’t have a muddler (basically a long pestle to grind up sugar in a glass), try using powdered sugar.

Source: Mr. Boston

Rusty Nail

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One of Margie’s favorites.

Ingredients:

  • ¾ oz Scotch (blended)
  • ¼ oz Drambuie

Or, proportionately, 3:1.

Note that most single-malts will be too strong or idiosyncratic for the blend.

Instructions: Serve on the rocks in an old-fashioned. Mr. Boston recommends floating the Drambuie on the Scotch.

Margarita

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Ingredients:
1½ oz Tequila
½ oz Triple Sec
1 oz. Lemon or Lime juce
(or, proportionately, 3:1:2 — which, if you do it by ounces, is both easy to mix in a measuring cup and makes for a double)
Note that if you use actual fruit juice (vs. Tequila Mix) in these proportions, this will be a very un-sweet tequila. That’s how we like them. You might toss in a teaspoon-full of powdered sugar to sweeten it up for folks who are used to Margaritas from TGI Fridays.
Source: Mr. Boston