John Thorne’s Best-Ever Pecan Pie

This pie has a firm yet yielding texture, a rich pecan presence and real depth of flavor, not just sweetness. In fact, one taster called it “the only pecan pie I ever had that wasn’t too sweet.”

The secret of this pie is Lyle’s Golden Syrup, which John Thorne, in his Simple Cooking newsletter, says offers “the taste of sugar without its mouth-deadening sweetness; the rich, thick syrupy texture of