Plantation Pecan Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. butter (not margarine)
1 c. firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 c. light corn syrup
1 Tbsp. evaporated milk or whipping cream
1/4 tsp. salt
3 large eggs (room temperature)
2 Tbsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 c. pecans, broken
1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell

Preparation

Cream butter; add sugar gradually, then add syrup and evaporated milk.
In another bowl add salt to eggs and beat until light.
Stir well into first mixture; add vanilla and pecans.
Use 1 cup nuts for halves or 1 1/2 cups if broken into pieces.
Pour mixture into pie shell.
Bake in preheated 400\u00b0 oven for 10 minutes.
Lower temperature to 350\u00b0 and bake 35 to 40 minutes longer.