Black forest brownie pie

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¼ cup Butter or margarine,melted
2 ounces Unsweetened chocolate, melted
⅔ cup Sugar
1 large Egg
24 Chocolate wafers
½ cup Semisweet chocolate chips,
¼ cup Milk
½ teaspoon Vanilla
½ cup All-purpose flour
1 can Cherry pie filling
3 tablespoons Butter or margarine,melted
2 teaspoons Whipping cream

Directions

CHOCOLATE CRUST

FROSTING

Combine butter, chocolate, sugar, egg, milk, and vanilla; beat well.

Add flour and nuts; beat well. Spread batter into crust. Bake in a 350'F. oven until top looks dry and feels firm when gently touched, 18-20 minutes. cool; spread top with frosting. When frosting is cool, transfer cherries from can with a slotted spoon to top dessert.

*** CHOCOLATE CRUST *** Finely crush chocolate wafers to make 1¼ cups crumbs; pour into a 9" pie pan. Mix with 3 tablespooons melted butter or margarine and press firmly over pan bottom and up side.

Bake in a 350'F. oven until darker brown at rim, 8-10 minutes, cool.

*** FROSTIMG *** In a 1- to 1 ½ quart pan over low heat, stir ½ cup semisweet chocolate baking chips with 2 tablespoons whipping cream just until snooth. Use warm.

~ Gale Franko, Pullman, Washington

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