Recipe: Texas Pecan Pie (deep dish)

TEXAS PECAN PIE

3 eggs
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
3/4 cup light or dark corn syrup
1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine or butter, melted and cooled
1 tablespoon flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups pecans, coarsely chopped
1 (9-inch) unbaked homemade or frozen deep dish pie crust*
16 pecan halves

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In medium bowl with fork beat eggs slightly. Add brown sugar, corn syrup, margarine, flour, salt and vanilla; stir until well blended. Stir in chopped pecans.

Pour into pie crust. Arrange pecan halves arou nd edge of filling.

Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge comes out clean. Cover edge of pie with foil if pastry becomes too brown.

Makes 1 (9-inch) pie
From: Kate, 1997