Pies

Taste of Texas Pecan Pie
1 Pie Shell
1/2 cup Dark Karo Syrup
1 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
4 Eggs
2 cups chopped Pecan

Begin by melting the butter- Do Not Burn! While it is still hot, put in small mixing bowl and add syrup and sugar. Mix with a wire whip until smooth (until sugar had dissolved). Add the eggs and vanilla and whip for about two minutes. Pour this mixture into the pie shell and top with pecan halves. Bake at 325° for 50 to 55 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in refrigerator before serving. Serve with Blue Bell vanilla ice cream.

French Coconut Pie
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, melted
2 eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
1 cup milk
1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine melted butter, eggs, flour, sugar, coconut, and milk. Pour into pie shell. Bake until firm, about 45 to 60 minutes

Chocolate Pecan Pie
9-inch pie crust, unbaked
2 squares bitter chocolate
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup light corn syrup
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1/2 cup cream, whipped

Melt chocolate and butter over hot water. Combine syrup and sugar in saucepan. Bring to boil over high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Boil 2 minutes. Add chocolate mixture. Pour slowly over eggs, stirring constantly. Add vanilla and nuts. Stir to mix well. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes. Cool. Top with unsweetened whipped cream.

Taste of Texas Snickers Pie
Graham Cracker Crust
3 cups Crushed Graham Crackers
1 stick Butter
1/2 cup Sugar

Mix all the ingredients together by hand or mixer. Press in spring pan and bake for 7 minutes to firm it up at 350°.

First Layer
2 Eggs
1 Egg Yolk
1 cup semisweet chocolate
1/4 cup un-sweet chocolate
1/4 cup Butter
1/3 cup Self Rising Flour
1/2 cup Sugar

In mixing bowl, mix eggs, and egg yolk, and sugar for 4 minutes. For 4 minutes in microwave, melt chocolate and butter on 70% power. Have flour, baking powder, and salt mixed together and ready to use. When egg mix is whipped well, add chocolate mix and mix well, then add the flour mixture to it. Bake this layer at 350° for 15 minutes. Let cool for 20 to 30 minutes before doing next layer.

Final Layer
4 Snickers Bars (crushed)
6 oz. Cream Cheese
1/2 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Sour Cream
1/4 cup Heavy Cream

In a mixer, add cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, and vanilla. Whip for about 6 to 8 minutes at medium speed. Add egg, mixing well. Then add heavy cream. Mix for 2 minutes. On top of chocolate baked layer, add the crushed snickers. Then pour this layer over the snickers layer. Put the pie back in the oven at 300° for 30 minutes. Let cool and serve.