Chocolate Pecan Pie

I think my grandmother found this recipe in a magazine in the '50s. Delicious, rich chocolate pie.

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 pie

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1  cup dark corn syrup or 1  cup  Karo syrup
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2  tablespoons flour
• 3  eggs
• 2  tablespoons butter or 2  tablespoons margarine
• 3  ounces  unsweetened chocolate
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 3⁄4 cups pecan halves
•  pie crust

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 F degrees .
2. Combine butter and chocolate in small saucepan and set to melt over low heat.
3. In a separate bowl, combine and beat sugar, Karo, salt, flour and eggs.
4. Stir chocolate mixture occasionally until melted, smooth in finish.
5. Combine chocolate sauce and vanilla with sugar mixture. Stir in pecans and pour into unbaked pie shell.
6. Bake for one hour or until the filling cracks a few times in the center.