Pearson Farm is proud to announce the winner of our Recipe of the Month Contest for October 2011 is Anne Pearlman from Georgia!

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1/3 stick butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
• 1 tsp lemon extract
• Juice of one whole lemon
• unbaked 9 inch deep dish pie crust

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 F
• Mix all ingredients in order
• Do not use electric mixer - use wire whisk or for and mix just enough to break the egg yolks and mix slightly
• Pour into pie crust and bake at 400 for 10 minutes
• Turn down oven to 325 and bake an additional 40-45 minutes
• Pie is ready when center is mostly set - it only jiggles slightly when you shake the pan gently