Description
This is a pie with the flavor of a German Chocolate Cake.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 1 (4 ounce) bar German sweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 egg yolks, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (9 inch) pie crust, baked
- 1 egg
- 1 (5 ounce) can evaporated milk
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 ⅓ cups flaked coconut
- ½ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan
- combine the 1/3 cup sugar and the cornstarch. Stir in the milk
- chocolate
- and 1 tablespoon butter or margarine. Cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes more.
- Gradually stir about 1 cup of mixture into egg yolks. Return mixture to saucepan; bring to boiling. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Stir in vanilla.
- Turn the hot pie filling into the baked pie shell.
- In another saucepan
- combine the beaten egg
- evaporated milk
- the 1/2 cup sugar
- and 1/4 cup butter or margarine. Cook and stir over medium heat just till the mixture is thickened and bubbly. Stir in the coconut and pecans.
- Spread the pecan mixture evenly over the chocolate filling. Cool the pie on a wire rack; chill thoroughly.
Prep Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 8