Chocolate Pecan Pie

1 pkg. (4 oz. ) Baker's German Sweet Chocolate, broken into pieces
2 Tbsp. butter
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup Karo light or dark corn syrup
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/4 cups pecan halves
1 unbaked pastry shell (9 in.)
1. Microwave chocolate and butter in bowl on high 1-2 min. until melted
2. Stir in sugar, syrup, eggs, and vanilla until well blended. Stir in pecans. Pour into pastry shell.
3. Bake 50 min. or until filling is firm 2 inches from edge. Cool on wire rack. Makes 8 servings.

Key Lime Pie

1 small container Cool-Whip
1 can frozen Lime concentrate
1 small can crushed pineapple(drained)
1 can EagleBrand condensed milk
Nuts
Pour into graham cracker pie crust and refrigerate until time to serve.

Easy As Pie

2 cups coconut
1/2 cup pecan pieces
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter chips
1--6 oz. ready to use graham cracker pie crust
1-- 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Mix first four ingredients in ready to use graham cracker pie crust. Pour entire can of milk evenly over mixture. Use a fork to allow milk to seep down through the coconut mixture. Bake for 35-40 minutes.

Sour Cream Pie

Rachel B., this recipe is for you. See if it is different from your Mom's. This is what my Mom always made for my Dad. He loved it and so did I.

1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. each of:
Allspice, cinnamon, vanilla and lemon extract
1 cup raisins (cooked)
1 egg
Mix all together and pour into pie shell. Cover with top crust and bake.

Raisin Cream Pie

1 cup cooked raisins
1 cup sugar
1 cup half and half
1 heaping Tbsp. flour
1 heaping Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. vinegar (scant )
1 tsp. vanilla
2 beaten eggs (save whites for meringue)
Mix all together and cook over low heat until thickened. Pour into baked pie shell. Add meringue and brown in oven.

Lemonade Pie

1 can Eaglebrand Condensed milk
1 can frozen lemonade (small )
1 carton Cool-Whip
Beat for about 5 minutes and put into graham cracker crust.

Magnolia Pie

This recipe came from my dear friend and former neighbor, Ruth Hill.

3 eggs--beaten
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 Tbsp. corn meal
1 Tbsp. flour
1 cup thin cream( She uses 1 can Milnot, and rest milk for 2 pies)
1/2 cup coconut
1/4 cup melted butter
Pour into unbaked pie crust and bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes and 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Chess Pies

Since I have been rebuked by my son for not posting on my blog for awhile, I decided I had better get back to it. I am posting today something that he really likes. I usually only make these at Christmas, but there is no reason they could not be made any time. They are delicious.

2 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
3 Tbsp. milk
Melt butter, add sugar, eggs, vanilla, and nutmeg. Mix until granulated looking. Heat till smooth. Mix in milk. Put nuts and raisins in small pie shells made out in cup cake pans. Spoon mixture over nuts and raisins. Bake in 350 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Use just a small amount of nuts and raisins in each shell. Fill shell about 2/3 to 3/4 full of liquid, as it rises as it bakes.