Ninny's Nigh Unto World Famous Pecan Pie

This is a rich tasting southern dessert which my older sister made when I was a little kid. She was in high school when I was born and we had a very special relationship. I'm getting older now and want to share her recipe. Her name was Virginia but I gave her the name Ninny when I was learning to talk. I called it:

"Ninny's Nigh Unto World Famous Pecan Pie"

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• dash of salt
• 3/4 cup dark Karo syrup
• 3 eggs well beaten
• 1 cup pecan halves
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• unbaked pie shell

Directions:

Cream butter and brown sugar. Stir in salt, Karo, eggs and vanilla extract Pour into pie shell. Bake at 450 degrees F. for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F and bake for 30 - 35 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean

Source: From Virginia (Ninny) Morgan's "Gone With the Wind Cookbook" c late 1930s

By Marty Dick from Houston, TX