Southern Grandma's Pecan Pie

"My dad's favorite thing to eat in the world. My grandmother has been making this pie for so many years and it has been a favorite of many, many people. This recipe was published by her church's cookbook- The Cherokee Hills Baptist Church, Cookbook IV, Our Favorite Recipes- Women's Ministry, 2007."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 45mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
12
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ingredients

  • 1 pie crust, 9 inch, uncooked
  • 3 eggs, large
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon flour, rounded
  • 14 cup Dark Karo syrup
  • 34 cup light Karo syrup
  • 2 tablespoons oleo, melted
  • 12 cup pecans, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup pecans, halved, for top of pie
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directions

  • Heat oven to 400.
  • Beat eggs.
  • Add sugar and flour until sugar is dissolved.
  • Add syrup, melted butter, pecans and vanilla. Mix well.
  • Pour into pie shell.
  • Beginning at outer edge of filling, place a row of pecan halves around top. Continue with other rounds until top is covered.
  • Carefully place pie in oven.
  • Bake at 400 for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350.
  • Make a tent of aluminum foil; place over pie. Be careful not to touch filling!
  • Bake around one more hour, or until filling is set.
  • Remove from oven.

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