Dad's Southern Pecan Pie

Crust:
1 cup flour
1/3 cup shortening
1/2 tsp. salt
3 tbsp. water

Pie:
3 eggs
1 dash salt
1 cup dark corn syrup
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter, melted
1 cup pecan halves

Directions:

Crust:
Cut shortening into dry ingredients. Add water gradually until just moistened. Roll and place into 9-inch pastry dish.

Pie:
Beat eggs thoroughly with sugar, salt, corn syrup, and melted butter. Add pecan halves. Pour into a 9-inch unbaked pastry shell. Bake at 350°F for 50 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between center and the edge comes out clean. Cool.

Comments from Trent :

This pie recipe won the Mt. Gilead, Ohio Kiwanis club pie bake-off in 1988!

User Reviews:

This recipe is so quick and easy and the BEST tasting pecan pie I've had.

submitted by carmiez on November 01, 2004

I don't know if it is just me but. Most pecan pie recipes have all of the same ingredients. But this one is one of the better ones that I have made.

submitted by einar on November 01, 2003

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