The Best Pecan Pie Ever!

The Best Pecan Pie Ever!
1 9-inch deep-dish pie

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 cup light corn syrup

4 eggs, beaten
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt

2 cups (1/2 lb) pecan pieces (use a wooden mallet and break-up pecan halves)
1 unbaked 9-inch deep dish pastry shell

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

Combine first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until butter melts and sugar dissolves.  REMOVE FROM HEAT AND COOL SLIGHTLY.

While sugar mixture is cooling, beat the eggs, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl.

Pour the sugar mixture into the egg mixture, beating well with a wire whisk.   Add the pecan halves (pecan pieces) and mix together.  Pour into pastry shell. 

Bake for 60 minutes 

HINT - YOU MUST HAVE PATIENCE WHEN MAKING A PECAN PIE.  REMOVE THE PIE FROM THE OVEN AND COOL COMPLETELY ON A WIRE RACK.  THE SECRET TO MAKING A PECAN PIE IS TO REFRIGERATE IT OVERNIGHT, SO MAKE THIS PIE ONE DAY IN ADVANCE.  IF YOU FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS, YOU WILL HAVE MASTERED THIS RECIPE.   

Don't forget the Vanilla Ice Cream!