Southern Pecan Pie Recipe

Recipe By:
R.T. Eby
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Southern Pecan Pie Recipe
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  • Total Time 55 min Ico-add
  • Yield 8 Servings
  • Level Medium

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Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 cup light or dark corn syrup (or substitute cane syrup)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) pecans
  • 1 (9 inch) deep dish pie shell, unbaked or frozen
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Directions

  1. 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. 2. Put the eggs in a small bowl and whip until the yellow and white are thoroughly mixed.
  3. 3. In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar and melted butter. Add the syrup, eggs and vanilla. Mix until all are combined. Stir in pecans.
  4. 4. Place the pie crust on a cookie sheet and pour filling into pie crust.
  5. 5. Bake on center rack of oven for 10 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for an hour or until set. If the pie crust overbrowns, cover edges with foil.
  6. 6. Note: The pie is finished cooking when the center is 200 degrees F. Or, you can lightly tap the center of the pie and it should spring back.
  7. 7. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
 
 
  • Did you know?

    Fossil remains and millions of native pecan trees in Texas and northern Mexico lead historians to believe that area is where pecans originated. The resultant pie was invented by French settlers in New Orleans after natives showed them pecan nuts.