The best pecan pie recipe I've made uses four eggs.
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup light corn syrup, 4 eggs, beaten, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1 unbaked 9 inch pie shell (or your fav. homemade crust in a 9 inch pie plate), 1 1/4 cup pecan halves. Directions...