Carter Family Recipes

  • 1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ⅔ cups Karo Dark Corn Syrup
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ⅛ teaspoon sea salt
  • 3 tablespoons Armagnac or other brandy
  • 1½ cups pecan halves
  1. Preheat oven to 400ºF.
  2. In a glass mixing bowl beat the eggs, blending in the granulated sugar, syrup, butter, vanilla, salt, Armagnac and pecans. Pour the mixture into the pie shell.
  3. Bake in a preheated oven for 10 minutes.
  4. Lower the oven temperature to 350ºF
  5. Continue baking for an additional 30 minutes or until a wooden skewer or knife inserted into the pie comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

Serves 6 to 8.

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