German Chocolate Pie

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 1/2 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
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

Preparation Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• 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.