Pineapple Pecan Pie

  Posted on March 21, 2012  by Leslie Blythe  No comments

My cousin Jeff gave me this recipe for Pineapple Pecan Pie, their favorite pie.  He buys them at the South Side Soda Shop in Goshen, Indiana , where I grew up. It was built in the early 1900s which was originally opened as a grocery store in 1910. In the 1940s the original Bastian Blessings soda fountain was installed where it still remains, serving sodas, shakes, malts, and floats. The installation of the soda fountain initiated the transformation from grocery store, bus stop and post office to a soda shop. In 1985 restoration began and the South Side Soda Shop was re-opened in January of 1986. Eight years later the dining car was added to the existing building to provide additional seating as well as another look at fifties-style dining. The South Side Soda Shop continues the tradition of a fifties diner.

The South Side Soda Shop has been featured in Gourmet Magazine, on Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives and numerous regional publications, as well as the film, Lonesome Jim, directed by film star Steve Buscemi.

Pineapple Pecan Pie

1 unbaked pie crust

¼ cup butter, melted
½ cup brown sugar
2 Tbs flour
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp salt
3 slightly beaten eggs
1 cup dark corn syrup
1 cup pecans
1 cup pineapple tidbits, drained

Blend all but the crust and add pecans and tidbits.

Pour into shell and bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.