Pecan Pie

Here's a recipe for pecan pie that I got from my mother. The original recipe came from some cookbook, but she has made several modifications.

Southern Pecan Pie

Ingredients:

• ¹/₄ cup of butter or margarine
• ¹/₂ cup of sugar (or brown sugar if light syrup is used)
• ¹/₂ cup of dark corn syrup (or light corn syrup if brown sugar is used)
• ¹/₂ cup of evaporated milk
• ¹/₄ teaspoon of salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup of crushed pecans
• 1 cup of pecan halves
• uncooked pastry shell

Procedure:

1. Mix sugar with butter until fluffy.
2. Add syrup and salt, beating well.
3. Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each.
4. Stir in crushed pecans.
5. Pour mixture into pastry shell.
6. Carefully coat top of filling with pecan halves.
7. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.