Desserts - Pecan Pie - Southern Living Magazine

By chlovett10

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1/3 cup butter or margarine
• 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 unbaked 9 inch pastry shell
• 1 1/4 cup pecan halves

Preparation

Step 1

Combine first 3 ingredients in a medium sauce pan; cook over low heat stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves and butter melts. Remove from heat; let cool slightly. Stir in eggs, vanilla and salt.

Pour filling into pastry shell and top with pecan halves.

Bake at 325 degrees for 50-55 minutes until mixture is set. Yield: one 9 inch pie.

Rum Pecan Pie: Prepare recipe as above, adding 3 tablespoons of dark rum with vanilla extract.