“Loaded with pecans, this is my husbands favourite pie.”
INGREDIENTS
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup corn syrup
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup butter, melted (76 grams)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 3/4 cup pecan halves
- 1 pie shell
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Beat eggs until frothy. Stir in syrup, sugar, butter and vanilla. Stir well.
- Stir in pecans (or just place pecans in the bottom of pie shell).
- Pour filling in pie shell. Put foil around edges.
- Bake for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake another 20 to 25 minutes.
Maple-Pecan Pie: substitute maple syrup for 1/2 of the corn syrup.
Coconut-Oatmeal Pie: substitute 3/4 cup coconut and 1/4 cup quick oats for pecans.
Yield: 10 servings