Imogene’s Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie

Chocolate Chip Pecan Piee - The Picket Fence, Blackwater

From The Pickett Fence in Blackwater

Ingredients:

1 deep-dish 9-inch unbaked pie shell

½ cup flour

½ cup brown sugar

½ cup white sugar

1½ stick oleo or butter, melted

2 eggs

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup pecans

Directions:

Beat togehter flour, both sugars, butter, and eggs. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Pour into pie shell. Bake at 360 degrees 45 minutes to 1 hour. Test by inserting knife in centerr. Pie is ready when knife comes out clean

May substitute butterscotch chips for the chocolate chips. Note from the Rolling Pin: “This pie will make a confirmed bachelor propose marriage”!!

This recipes comes from the October/November 2012 issue of Missouri Life. To see the full story, look for Missouri Life magazine on newsstands, subscribe or purchase the digital edition.