Submitted by Amanda Ellerbe for Myrtle Brooks
on Wednesday, December 09, 2009
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Makes:
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
45 minutes
Ready In:
55 minutes
Amanda writes: "My grandmother and mother made this pecan pie at Thanksgiving and Christmas."
Such a traditional Cajun favorite.
Ingredients
2/3 cup sugar
3 eggs
2/3 cup Karo syrup
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups pecans (halves or chopped)
1 unbaked pie shell
Directions
Mix sugar, eggs and Karo thoroughly. Stir in vanilla and pecans and pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
MawMaw adds - Brushing your pie shell before with egg white before pouring the batter in will help keep the crust from becoming too soggy. The following link can be copied and pasted into your browser and will take you to a recipe for a homemade pie crust -
http://www.realcajunrecipes.com/recipes/cajun/single-crust-plain-pastry-pies-mini-crust/505.rcr
