# Raw or roasted pecans in pie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-or-roasted-pecans-in-pie/522382 "2009-12-23T22:33:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-or-roasted-pecans-in-pie/522382/1 "2009-12-23T22:33:25Z")
It never occurred to me to ask, but lately I’ve been buying raw nuts and roasting them at home. They taste much better. I’m pretty sure that when a pecan pie recipe calls for pecans it means roasted pecans. But I can make a case either way, but I’m not literally going to make two different pies, so I thought I’d ask here. One thing I never liked about pecan pie is how hard the pecans get. I thought if I used raw, they wouldn’t be so hard. On the other hand, I could also see how using raw pecans would make them kinda…squishy. Have any of you ever used raw in a pie, or always roasted? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-or-roasted-pecans-in-pie/522382/2 "2009-12-23T22:53:49Z")
I use fresh raw pecans – a friend in Oklahoma sends them to me. They don’t get squishy. What I’d like is a recipe that gives me more of the filling, and a better consistency. Mine’s kinda lumpy. I use the recipe on the Karo syrup bottle. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-or-roasted-pecans-in-pie/522382/3 "2009-12-23T23:26:28Z")
I’ve never used roasted pecans in a pecan pie. Mostly, just out of the shell. But never roasted. I’ve never really ever considered “cooking” the pecans before cooking the pie. I don’t know if I know anyone who does that. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-or-roasted-pecans-in-pie/522382/4 "2009-12-23T23:27:29Z")
Put raw pecans in the microwave oven for a minute. Stir them, and then cook them another minute. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-or-roasted-pecans-in-pie/522382/5 "2009-12-25T18:47:15Z")
Grandmother used fresh pecans for her pie. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-or-roasted-pecans-in-pie/522382/6 "2009-12-25T18:51:25Z")
If you toast then, they have more flavour. (But don’t burn them!) Nothing against your grandmother’s cooking, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-or-roasted-pecans-in-pie/522382/7 "2009-12-26T22:08:43Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > If you toast then, they have more flavour. (But don’t burn them!) > > Nothing against your grandmother’s cooking, of course. So, I used the raw and the pies were the best pecan I’d ever had. They float to the top (boy, that’s a brown visual…), so they definitely got roasted without being over done. Now I’ve got a craving for _real_ pie…blackberry. Or raspberry.