Carter Family Recipes
  • 2 8-inch pie shells; unbaked
  • 3 eggs
  • ⅔ cups granulated sugar
  • ¾ cups dark syrup
  • ⅛ teaspoon sea salt
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 cups pecan pieces
  1. Preheat oven to 400ºF.
  2. In a large mixing bowl beat eggs until blended, add sugar, syrup, salt, and beat thoroughly. Stir in butter.
  3. Put 1 cup of pecans in each pie shell. Pour liquid mixture equally over each.
  4. Place pies on a cookie sheet on middle rack of oven, bake for 10 minutes.
  5. Lower oven temperature to 300ºF.
  6. Continue to bake about 30 minutes until filling is firm.

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