Carter Family Recipes

  • 1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked
  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • 2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup pecan pieces
  1. Preheat oven to 300ºF.
  2. In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, adding ½ cup sugar at a time. Blend in vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time. Combine flour and salt; add small amount at a time. Add buttermilk. Sprinkle pecans in bottom of pie crust; pour custard mix over the pecans.
  3. Bake in a preheated oven for 1 hour 30 minutes. The top browns as it cooks. Best served at room temperature.
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