German Chocolate Pie(2)

4 oz Chocolate, sweet

1/4 c Butter -- softened

13 oz Evaporated Milk

3 1/2 oz Coconut -- flaked

1/2 c Sugar, granulated

3 lg Eggs -- lightly beaten

1 Pie shell, 9", unbaked

Vanilla ice cream -- (opt)

Heat the oven to 400 F. In a medium-size saucepan over very low heat, melt the chocolate and butter. Add the evaporated milk, coconut, sugar and eggs. Pour the mixture into the prepared pie crust. Bake for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center of the fillings comes out clean. Serve the pie warm or at room temperature and top with vanilla ice cream, if desired. Each serving (Without the Vanilla Ice Cream) contains: Cal Prot Fat Carbohydrates 446 9 G 28 G 70 G

From The Redbook Magazine January 1986