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Easy Pecan Cream Pie Recipe

Creamy, nutty, and impossibly easy, this pecan cream pie tastes like a bakery secret you made at home. One slice and everyone will ask for the recipe.
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Ingredients
  

1 pre-baked 9-inch pie crust

1 cup pecan halves, toasted and chopped

1 cup heavy whipping cream, chilled

8 oz cream cheese, softened

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoons maple syrup

Pinch of salt

Instructions
 

  • Toast pecans in a 350°F oven until fragrant, then cool completely.
    Beat cream cheese until smooth and fluffy.
    Add powdered sugar, vanilla, maple syrup, and salt, then mix well.
    Whip heavy cream in a separate bowl until soft peaks form.
    Gently fold whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture.
    Stir in most of the chopped pecans.
    Spread filling into prepared pie crust and smooth the top.
    Garnish with remaining pecans and chill for at least 4 hours before serving.