Choconut Pie Shell

Name: Choconut Pie Shell
Yield: Makes 1 (9") pie shell
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 c. sifted flour; 2 oz. sweet cooking chocolate, grated or ground; ¼ tsp. salt; ¼ c. vegetable shortening; 3 tblsp. milk; ½ tsp. vanilla; ¼ c. finely chopped pecans

Preparation info

Makes
1
( 9 " ) pie shell

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

About

A chocolate-flavored nut crust

Ingredients

1 c. sifted flour
2 oz. sweet cooking chocolate, grated or ground
¼

Americas
United States
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Stir together flour, grated chocolate and salt. Cut in shortening with two knives or blend with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Combine milk and vanilla; add gradually to dry mixture, tossing lightly with a fork. Form into hall.
Roll out on lightly floured pastry cloth to ⅛" thickness. Cut in circle 1 ½" larger than inverted 9" pie pan. Fit lo