Nelle Palmer’s Pecan Pie from the Lowell Inn in Stillwater

Nelle Palmer’s Pecan Pie

Lowell Inn in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¼ pound butter
  • 1 cup dark corn syrup
  • t teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup pecan halves
  • 1 unbaked pie shell

Instructions

  • Beat eggs until light. Then slowly add sugar, butter, and corn syrup.
  • Pour mixture into unbaked pie shell. Bake in a 300° oven for 40 minutes.
  • Remove pie from oven and increase oven temperature to 350°.
  • Completely cover the top of the pie with pecan halves.
  • Return pie to 350° oven and bake another 10-15 minutes.
  • Serve while just warm with whipped cream (optional).