Lazy Slow Cooker Pecan Pie

How To Make This Easy Crockpot Dessert

The Crust

Start by lining your slow cooker with parchment paper. Next, take two refrigerated pie dough crusts and unroll them on a lightly floured surface. Pinch them together and either cut or fold them to fit the shape of your slow cooker.

The Filing

To make this scrumptious pie filling, you will need:

• shelled pecans
• salted butter
• light corn syrup
• dark brown sugar
• pure vanilla extract
• cinnamon
• eggs

Start by beating the eggs. Add in sugar, corn syrup, vanilla, cinnamon and slightly cooled but melted butter. and mix well. Add nuts to mixture and stir together. Pour nut mixture into slow cooker, cover and cook.

Serving Suggestions

No wrong way to serve this! It is delicious warm and gooey right out of the pot. I suggest allowing it to cool a bit before serving, otherwise it will be very hot.

Warm pie is amazing served with ice cream, whipped topping or just on its own. This crock-pot pecan pie is equally wonderful when completely cool. I love serving it topped with boozy banana topping and date caramel!

Although it will be tempting, try not to eat the whole pie in one sitting.

What is Slow Cooker Pie

Slow cooker pie is a lot like any other pie, except, of course that it is made in your crockpot. Why make a pie in your crockpot?? There are few great answers:

1. Using your crockpot to bake goodies is great when you don't have the time to babysit a pie in the oven. Oven baked goods can go from done to overdone in the blink of an eye. Since crockpots are slow can steady, they are a little more forgiving of people who (like me) sometimes run late or lose track of time. If crockpot baking time says 2 hours but you have an errand, call or meeting that runs 15 minutes over, chances are your dish will be just fine! Alternatively, many slow cookers are programmable and can be set to turn off after a certain time. This pie can sit and cool on the counter by itself until you get home!
2. Using your crockpot to make dessert leaves more space in the oven for other things. If you already have an entree and two side dishes in the oven, using your slow cooker to make dessert can be lifesaving!
3. When baking in your crockpot, you can use either parchment paper or a slow cooker liner leaving you with virtually zero clean up!
4. Crockpots are a great way to cook with children! Since they don't get super hot the way ovens do AND since you generally don't turn them on until all ingredients are in, they are very family friendly. (Please note that you CAN still burn yourself with a crockpot so always supervise children carefully anytime you are in the kitchen!).

Pecan Pie Hints & Hacks

1. I am way too lazy to make my own pie crust and always use premade, refrigerated crusts. However, if you prefer, you can make your own crust from scratch or from a mix.
2. If you chose to use premade refrigerated (or frozen) crusts, let them come to room temperature before trying to reshape them to fit your crockpot. They will be much more moldable when they warm up a bit.
3. Although any vanilla extract will work, there is just something about the flavor of pure vanilla extract and the amazing flavor it adds.
4. Storing pie in the refrigerator will help to extend its shelf life up to about a week.
5. In the market for a new slow cooker? I love mine!
6. I am a huge fan of slow cooker liners and usually recommend them for everything. However, for this type of dish, parchment paper is even better.