PECAN PIE

½ C. butter or margarine ½ C. sugar 1 C. dark corn sirup 3 eggs, slightly beaten 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1½ C. pecans, broken 1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell

Cream butter; add sugar slowly, creaming until fluffy. Slowly stir in corn sirup, eggs, vanilla and pecans. Pour into pie shell and bake in Gas oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Cool. Serve with whipped cream, if desired.