Mom's Southern Pecan Pie

Name: Mom's Southern Pecan Pie
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 1 pie, 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 1/2 cup corn syrup; 1/4 cup butter, melted; 3 eggs, beaten; 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shells; 1 cup pecan halves (use halves or break them into pieces, whichever you prefer.)

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Recipe by Junebug

My Mother first made this pie in 1949. The recipe was on a can of pecans. (I wasn't born then, but evidently pecans used to be sold in cans.) She kept the can in the kitchen cabinet. For some reason she never wrote it down. It's been a family favorite for 4 generations.

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READY IN: 55mins

SERVES: 8

YIELD: 1 pie

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

cup sugar
¹⁄₂

cup corn syrup
¹⁄₄

cup butter, melted
3

eggs, beaten
1

(9 inch) unbaked pie shells
1

cup pecan halves (use halves or break them into pieces, whichever you prefer.)