From Old Ruby's kitchen

desserts

Southern pecan pie

Ingredients

  • 1 Pie Crust unbaked
  • 3/4 Cup White Sugar
  • 6 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1 Cup Corn Syrup light
  • 1/3 Cup Butter melted
  • 3 Large Eggs beaten
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 Cup Pecans chopped Whole Pecans additional for topping

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Prepare the Pie Crust
  3. Mix the syrup together by mixing the sugars, salt, corn syrup, butter, eggs and vanilla.
  4. Set aside 1/4 cup of the syrup for later
  5. Mix the chopped nuts into the syrup
  6. Pour the mixture into the crust.
  7. Toss the remaining whole nuts in the 1/4 cup of reserved syrup and arrange in a circle starting at the outside of the crust and working your way into the center. Pour any remaining syrup all over the top. 1,10
  8. Bake for 30 minutes then cover the crust edges with foil and continue to bake for 20-35 minutes or until the middle springs back when tapped