German Chocolate Pie Filling

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups milk
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 3/4 cup cornstarch
• 5 egg yolks
• 3/8-3/4 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup pecans
• 4 cups stiff whipping cream
• chocolate syrup (to color)
• 1/3 cup coconut
• 1/3 cup pecans

Recipe

• 1 heat milk to scald.
• 2 mix sugar, salt and cornstarch in a bowl,add dry ingredients to milk and stir constantly.
• 3 add one cup of hot mixture to egg yolks and stir.
• 4 add back to remaining milk and bring back to boiling for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• 5 cook until thick.
• 6 add unmelted butter, vanilla, coconut, chocolate chips and pecans.
• 7 stir until one color.
• 8 cool shortly and put into 9-inch baked pie shell.
• 9 *****topping*****.
• 10 mix whipping cream with chocolate syrup to color.
• 11 add coconut and pecans.
• 12 pile high on pie.
• 13 decorate with chocolate syrup.