Chocolate Pecan Pie
Recipe from Midwest Living

This chocolate version of pecan pie will disappear fast! Bring it to a dinner party to share with friends.


Chocolate Pecan Pie


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Prep Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 10 servings
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Ingredients
 
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  • 1  recipe  Pastry for Single-Crust Pie (see recipe below)On Sale
  • 1/4  cup  butterOn Sale
  • 2  ounces  unsweetened chocolateOn Sale
  • 3    eggsOn Sale
  • 1  cup  dark-colored corn syrupOn Sale
  • 3/4  cup  sugarOn Sale
  • 1-1/2  teaspoons  vanillaOn Sale
  • 1  cup  pecan halvesOn Sale
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Directions
1.
Line a 9-inch pie plate with pastry. Trim and crimp the edges of the pastry as you like; set aside. (If you like, make pastry cutouts from scraps of pastry. Bake on an ungreased baking sheet in a 350 degree F oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until they're golden brown.)
2.
In a small, heavy saucepan, combine butter and chocolate. Cook over low heat until melted; stirring to mix. Re-move from heat and cool.
3.
In a bowl, beat eggs slightly. Stir in corn syrup, sugar, vanilla, and chocolate mixture. Stir in pecans. Place pastry-lined pie plate on oven rack. Carefully pour filling into pastry shell.
4.
To prevent overbrowning, cover edge of pie with foil. Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 20 minutes. Remove the foil from the edge. Bake the pie for 20 to 25 minutes more or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
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Cool the pie at room temperature for 1 to 2 hours on a wire rack. Refrigerate within 2 hours. To serve, decorate top of pie with baked pastry cutouts, if you like. Makes 10 servings.

Pastry for Single-Crust Pie
In a mixing bowl, stir together 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in 1/3 cup shortening until pieces are peasize. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of cold water over part of the mixture; gently toss with a fork. Push moistened dough to the side of the bowl. Repeat moistening dough, using 1 tablespoon cold water at a time, until all the dough is moistened (4 to 5 tablespoons cold water total). Form dough into a ball.
Nutrition information
Calories 432, Total Fat 23 g, Cholesterol 76 mg, Sodium 143 mg, Carbohydrate 54 g, Fiber 1 g. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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How to Make Pecan Pie
Pecan pie is beloved nationwide, but it's especially revered in the South, where it seems that pecans fall from the trees like little gifts from the heavens. Native Americans had long known the pleasures of the nut they named "pacane" (translation: "nut to be cracked with a rock"), but it was French immigrants who turned the nuts into one of America's most loved pies after they settled in New Orleans and discovered the joys of having so many pecan trees in their yard. We say, merci beaucoup!

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