German Chocolate Pie

If you love German chocolate cake, you'll love this luscious pie with a rich homemade chocolate filling topped with coconut and pecan frosting.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 481 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 (9 inch) pie crust, baked
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 (4 ounce) bar German sweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 egg yolks, beaten
• 1 (5 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1.5 cups milk
• 0.25 cup butter
• 0.5 cup white sugar
• 0.5 cup chopped pecans
• 0.33300000429153 cup white sugar
• 1.3332999944687 cups flaked coconut

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine 1/3 cup sugar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in milk, chocolate, and 1 tablespoon butter. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir about 2 minutes more.

Step 2

Beat 2 egg yolks in a medium bowl; gradually stir in about 1 cup of the warm chocolate mixture until smooth (this will prevent the eggs from curdling.) Pour this mixture back into the saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Stir in vanilla.

Step 3

Pour hot chocolate filling into the baked pie shell.

Step 4

Combine 1 beaten egg, evaporated milk, 1/2 cup sugar, and 1/4 cup butter in another saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture is thickened and bubbly. Stir in coconut and pecans.

Step 5

Spread pecan mixture evenly over chocolate filling. Cool pie on a wire rack; chill pie thoroughly before serving.