Nancy Reagan's Pumpkin Pecan Pie (1980)

• 4 eggs, slightly beaten
• 2 cups canned or mashed, cooked pumpkin
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup dark corn syrup
• 1 tspn vanilla
• 1/2 tspn cinnamon
• 1/4 tspn salt
• 1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Combine all ingredients except the pecans. Pour into pie shell, and top with chopped pecans. 

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until set. Serves 8 to 10.

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Lady Bird Johnson's Molded Cranberry Salad (1965)

(Origin - "The Hollywood Bowl Cookbook" published by The Performing Arts Council of the Music Center of Los Angeles County, 1984. Recipe by Nancy Reagan.)