German Chocolate Pie
1/3 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 cups milk
1 (4 ounce) bar german sweet cooking chocolate, cut up
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
2 egg yolks, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 9 inch pie crust, baked
1 egg
1 (5 1/3 ounce) can evaporated milk
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1. In a med saucepan, combine the 1/3 cup sugar and the corn-
starch. Stir in the milk, chocolate, and 1 Tbl butter. Cook
and stir till thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and
stir 2 mins more.
2. Gradually stir about 1 cup of mixture into egg yolks. Return
mixture to saucepan; bring to boiling. Cook and stir 2 mins
more. Stir in vanilla.
3. Turn the hot pie filling into the baked pie shell.
4. In another saucepan, combine the beaten egg, evaporated milk,
the 1/2 cup sugar, and 1/4 cup butter. Cook and stir over med
heat just till the mixture is thickened and bubbly. Stir in the
coconut and pecans.
5. Spread the pecan mixture evenly over the chocolate filling.
Cool the pie on a wire rack; chill thoroughly.