Southern chocolate-pecan pie

10 - 12 servi

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 4 oz. package sweet cooking chocolate
¼ cup Butter
1⅔ cup Evaporated milk
cup Sugar
3 tablespoons Cornstarch
teaspoon Salt
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 Unbaked 10-in pie shell
1⅓ cup Flaked coconut
½ cup Chopped pecans

Directions

Mix chocolate with butter in saucepan. Place over low heat, stirring constantly, until blended. Remove from heat; blend in evaporated milk gradually. Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt in as bowl. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Blend in chocolate mixture gradually; pour into pie shell. Combine coconut and pecans; sprinkle over filling. Bake at 375 F for 45 to 50 minutes or until puffed and browned. Cover loosely with aluminum foil during last 15 minutes of baking if topping browns too quickly. Cool for at least 4 hours. Fill will set while cooling. Garnish with dollops of prepared whipped topping if desired. Yield 10 - 12 servings. From The Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Cooking Typed for you by Dottie Theriault 9/95 Submitted By DOTTIE THERIAULT On 09-26-95

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