Utterly Deadly Southern Pecan Pie

Your Thanksgiving menu isn't complete without a pecan pie. This pecan pie recipe is to die for! So forget your tried-and-true recipe and replace it with this one. You'll never look back.
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Utterly Deadly Southern Pecan Pie
Ingredients
1/2 (14.1-oz.) package refrigerated piecrusts
1 Tbsp. powdered sugar
4 large eggs
1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp. milk
1 1/2 tsp. bourbon (vanilla extract may be substituted)
1 1/2 cups pecan halves

Preparation
Preheat oven to 325°. Fit piecrust into a 10-inch cast-iron skillet; sprinkle piecrust with powdered sugar.

Whisk eggs in a large bowl until foamy; whisk in brown sugar and next 6 ingredients. Pour mixture into piecrust, and top with pecan halves.

Bake at 325° for 30 minutes; reduce oven temperature to 300°, and bake 30 more minutes. Turn oven off, and let pie stand in oven, with door closed, 3 hours.

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