The Impossible Pecan Pie Recipe

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I'm a huge fan of Stella Parks who wrote the Bravetart baking cookbook and who is the resident pastry wizard on Serious Eats. I kept seeing mentions of her secret pecan pie recipe over the past week or so. . . and eventually learned that she has a recipe for it that she described today as "murderously difficult". It is so challenging that she refuses to publish it. She will, however, email it to people asking for it. I'm not from the South. Pecan pie is not really a "thing" in New Jersey. In fact, I've NEVER had it in my life. I don't know if anyone in my immediate family has ever had it. We eat pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. That being said. . . I feel this strange need to try to make Stella's Impossible Pecan Pie. I am always trying to improve my baking skills and I love trying new things. The thing is that I am already committed to making the mashed potatoes and the green bean casserole (with a homemade mushroom cream sauce--not canned) for the meal. I REALLY don't need the extra added pressure of trying to make a super-challenging pie too. That doesn't mean that I won't do it though.