Recipe - Chocolaty Southern Pecan Pie

CRUST
2 cup Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies;
finely crushed
1 1/3 cup Flour
2/3 cup Cold butter or margarine;
cut into bits
2 tablespoon Milk; (up to 4)

FILLING
1 cup Semisweet chocolate chips
2 One fourth cup Chopped pecans
2/3 cup Firmly packed lightbrown
sugar
2/3 cup Light corn syrup
3 lg Eggs
2 tablespoon Butter or margarine; melted
1 tablespoon Vanilla extract

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Have ready a 9 One half in. deepdish pie plate.

Crust: Mix crushed cereal and flour in a medium bowl. Cut in butter with a
pastry blender until mixture forms fine crumbs. Gradually stir in milk
until mixture starts sticking together. Press over bottom and up sides of
pie plate. Flute or crimp edges, if desired.

Filling: Sprinkle chocolate chips, then pecans over bottom of pie shell. In
a large bowl, whisk brown sugar, corn syrup, eggs, butter and vanilla until
well blended and smooth. Pour over chocolate chips and pecans. Bake 40 45
min. or until filling is set and golden brown. Cool on rack at least 30
min. before serving. Refrigerate any leftovers. serves 8. Per serving: 759
cal, 8 g pro, 83 g car, 47 g fat, 130 mg chol with butter, 83 mg chol with
margaring, 318 mg sod. Exchanges: 2 Three fourths starch, 2 2/4 other car, 9 fat.

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 366 by Zhatchling
Zhatchling@aol.com on Dec 13, 1997