Decadent Brownie Pie

 

1 9-inch unbaked pastry shell

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/4 cup butter or margarine

1 (14oz) can creamy chocolate sweetened condensed milk

1 cup chopped pecans

1/2 cup biscuit baking mix

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake pastry shell 10 minutes; remove from oven. Reduce heat to 325 degrees. In saucepan, over low heat, melt chips with margarine. In mixer bowl, beat chocolate mixture with chocolate condensed milk, biscuit mix, eggs, and vanilla until smooth. Add pecans. Pour into pastry shell. Bake 35-40 minutes or until center is set. Serve warm or at room temperature with ice cream. Refrigerate leftovers.

 

Pie Crust

5 lbs flour (all-purpose)

3 tablespoons salt

1 cup karo syrup

3 lbs crisco shortening

3 cups water

 

Mix. Shape into balls and freeze.

 

Janna Edwards

3rd Place, 1999 Pecan Food Show