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Maple pecan pie is a classic dessert for the holiday table. Using maple syrup gives it a wonderful special flavor.

Pecan harvest season in the South lines up neatly with the holiday season. More than once we’ve been gifted with the overflow from our friends’ trees, and I’m not one to turn down an edible present.

Fittingly, I didn’t eat pecans until I moved to Texas, but now I love them. Their warm, slightly sweet flavor makes them perfect to bake with, such as in cranberry pecan streusel coffee cake or in salted caramel pecan blondies.

And, of course in pecan pie, like this maple pecan pie I made the other day for Thanksgiving.

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