Perfect Pecan Pie

3 tablespoons butter                  1 cup broken pecan pieces

5 egg yolks                               5 egg whites well beaten

1 cup sugar                               vanilla to taste

1 cup karo syrup                      

1 deep dish unbaked pie crust

Cream butter, sugar, and egg yolks.  Add syrup, vanilla and pecan pieces

stir well.  Fold in egg whites.  Pour mixture into unbaked pie shell.  Bake

slowly at 325 for 1 hour until filling has a custard like consistency.