PECAN PIE

The traditional recipe for pecan pie

Ingredients

(makes 1 pie)

3 eggs, beaten
235 ml dark corn syrup
190 g sugar
30 g butter
5 ml vanilla extract
180 g pecans
1 unbaked pastry shell

Procedure

Preheat oven to 190C
Blend eggs, corn syrup, sugar, butter, and vanilla together.
Add pecans.
Bake at 190C for 10 minutes, then lower the temperature to 175C and bake for another 45 minutes or so (until a knife inserted halfway between the edge and the center comes out clean.
Remove and let cool.

Notes

If you use pecan halves it will look nicer than pecan pieces, but be more difficult to cut.

Rating

Difficulty: easy.
Time: 10 minutes preparation, 1 hour cooking.
Precision: measure the ingredients.

Contributor

 
Evelyn C. Leeper 
AT&T Information Systems, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA 
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Recipe last modified: 1 Dec 86

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