Deep South Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. cooked rice
1/4 c. butter or margarine
3/4 c. molasses
1 c. sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell
1 c. whole pecans

Preparation

Cook rice until very soft (at least twice as long as customary).
Drain and mash with a fork.
Melt butter in a large saucepan.
Stir in molasses, sugar, eggs, salt, vanilla and rice; pour into pie shell.
Sprinkle pecans evenly over the top.
Bake in a moderate oven (375\u00b0) for 50 minutes.
Cool before serving. Makes one 9-inch pie.