Dessert Recipes - Chocolate Pie with Pretzel Crust Recipe

Ingredients        

Crust:

• one 13-ounce package Rold Gold Pretzels

• 3 Tbs sugar

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted

Chocolate Filling:

• 2/3 cup sugar

• 4 Tbs cornstarch

• 2 1/2 cups milk

• Three 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate, cut in small pieces

• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Makes one 9 inch pie

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Method:

1. Crush pretzels very fine in blender or between 2 sheets of waxed paper, Add sugar and butter or margarine.

2. Mix thoroughly. Press half of mixture in 9-inch pie plate.

3. Bake at 350°F for 8 minutes. Cool.

4. Pour in Chocolate Filling and top with remaining pretzel mixture. Chill.

To make Chocolate Filling: Combine sugar, cornstarch, milk and chocolate in top of double boiler. Cook over boiling water until thickened, stirring constantly. Cover and cook for 15 minutes. Stir part of hot chocolate mixture into egg yolks. Add to chocolate mixture. Mix thoroughly. Cool. Add vanilla extract and mix thoroughly.