Dad's Southern Pecan Pie

Time

prep 0:25       total 1:15

Yield

1 pies

Ingredients

Ingredients

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

Instructions

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.

Author's Comments

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

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2 Recipe Reviews

einar

einar reviewed Dad's Southern Pecan Pie on November 17, 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.
carmen

carmen reviewed Dad's Southern Pecan Pie on October 24, 2005

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