Carter Family Recipes

  • 1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked
  • 1 16-ounce bottle Karo Dark Corn Syrup
  • 1 to 2 cups water (for heating syrup)
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1½ cups  pecan halves
  • 2 tablespoons margarine
  1. Preheat oven to 325ºF.
  2. Remove cap from bottle of syrup and heat in a small saucepan of water.
  3. In a mixing bowl, place eggs, sugar, vanilla extract and hot syrup. Stir thoroughly. Pour filling equally into unbaked pie shells. Put ¾ cups pecans into each pie. Dot 1 tablespoon of margarine on top of each. Place pie pans on jelly roll pans and place in oven.
  4. Bake in a preheated oven for 1 hour. Let cool. Serve hot or at room temperature. Store in refrigerator.
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