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
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Prepare the Pie Crust
- Mix the syrup together by mixing the sugars, salt, corn syrup, butter, eggs and vanilla.
- Set aside 1/4 cup of the syrup for later
- Mix the chopped nuts into the syrup
- Pour the mixture into the crust.
- 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
- 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