Sweet Potato Pecan Pie

Ingredients

3 eggs, lightly beaten
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup light corn syrup
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups roasted, peeled and mashed sweet potatoes (from about 1 pound sweet potatoes)
1 cup pecan pieces
1 (9 inch) pastry shell, unbaked

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a bowl whisk eggs with sugar and salt. Whisk in corn syrup, butter and vanilla until thoroughly incorporated. Spread mashed sweet potato, then pecan pieces in pastry shell. Top with egg mixture. Bake until filling is set, about 1 hour.

Yield: 8 servings