Attempts at Domestication

1 Combine room-temperature cream cheese and powdered sugar in a large mixing bowl. Mix with an electric hand mixer.
2 Add the whipped topping to moisten and thin the dip.
3 Add a spoonful of pecan pie filling, especially the sugar syrup, to the cream cheese mixture. Stir to combine.
4 Spread the cream cheese mixture into an even layer on the bottom of a serving bowl. Top with the rest of the pecan pie filling.
10 Serve with graham crackers or cookies.
Homemade Pecan Pie Filling
6 Melt the butter in a small saucepan.
7 Add the brown sugar, corn syrup, vanilla, egg, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. 
8 Stir the mixture over medium-low heat until the sugar dissolves completely. Then, add the pecans to the sugar mixture. 
9 Mix the pecans until each nut is covered in the melted sugar.