Pecan Pie recipes slowly became a staple in cookbooks in the early 1900s, but once Karo started printing its recipe on their corn-syrup cans in the '30s, the dessert became widely popular. Panna Cooking’s version sticks to the classic formula with one exception: bacon fat in the crust lends a savory smokiness to balance out the desserts’ sweetness: http://bit.ly/make-pecan-pie | HISTORY

The Best Pecan Pie ever is from 1915 and has no corn syrup | Tasting History