Elaine’s Pecan Pie

Ingredients

1 stick butter

1 cup sugar

1 cup Karo syrup

4 eggs

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 9-inch pie crust, unbaked

2 1/2 cups pecan pieces

Preparation

Heat oven to 325 F. Mix butter, sugar and syrup in saucepan, and cook over low heat for 20 minutes, stirring constantly. If using stainless steel or copper clad pan, cut syrup cooking time in half. Be careful to cool the syrup for several minutes before adding eggs. 

In a separate bowl, beat eggs, vanilla and salt. Mix 1/4 cup of warm syrup into the egg mixture; then pour back into syrup mixture. Add pecans and pour into pie shell. Bake at 325 F for 55 minutes.