Superior Pecan Pie

Ingredients

• Crust
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ¾ cup vegetable shortening or lard
  • ¾ cup salted butter, diced
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • 5 tbsp cold water (in directions)
• Filling
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 tbsp brown sugar
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup light or dark corn syrup
  •  ⅓ cup melted salted butter
  • 1 tsp Superior Flavors Vanilla
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 heaping cup chopped pecans
  • ¼ tsp Superior Flavors Pecan 

Directions

1. Cut shortening and butter into flour and salt until the mix is pebble-like. Add beaten egg, vinegar and 5 tbsp cold water; combine gently, divide dough in half, refrigerate. Use one half for the pie.
2. Combine both sugars, salt, corn syrup, melted butter, vanilla and three beaten eggs. Stir in Superior Butter & Nut only if making a separate test batch.
3. Heat oven to 350°F; line a pie dish with one rolled-out portion of dough.
4. Put chopped pecans in the unbaked crust and cover with filling; loosely cover pie with foil.
5. Bake 30 min, uncover and bake ~20 min more; if filling moves excessively, shield and cook longer until mostly set (total may take 50–75 min).
6. Let cool several hours or overnight; slice thinly.