Black forest brownie pie

8 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
¼cupButter or margarine,melted
2ouncesUnsweetened chocolate, melted
cupSugar
1largeEgg
24Chocolate wafers
½cupSemisweet chocolate chips,
¼cupMilk
½teaspoonVanilla
½cupAll-purpose flour
1canCherry pie filling
3tablespoonsButter or margarine,melted
2teaspoonsWhipping cream

Directions

CHOCOLATE CRUST

FROSTING

Combine butter, chocolate, sugar, egg, milk, and vanilla; beat well.

Add flour and nuts; beat well. Spread batter into crust. Bake in a 350'F. oven until top looks dry and feels firm when gently touched, 18-20 minutes. cool; spread top with frosting. When frosting is cool, transfer cherries from can with a slotted spoon to top dessert.

*** CHOCOLATE CRUST *** Finely crush chocolate wafers to make 1¼ cups crumbs; pour into a 9" pie pan. Mix with 3 tablespooons melted butter or margarine and press firmly over pan bottom and up side.

Bake in a 350'F. oven until darker brown at rim, 8-10 minutes, cool.

*** FROSTIMG *** In a 1- to 1 ½ quart pan over low heat, stir ½ cup semisweet chocolate baking chips with 2 tablespoons whipping cream just until snooth. Use warm.

~ Gale Franko, Pullman, Washington