Delicious Chocolate Fudge Pecan Pie

My husbands friends wife made this pie and he brought one home for me to try. It was delicious! I just had to get her recipe.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Yields: 2 pies

Ingredients

• 10 1⁄2 tablespoons butter or 10 1⁄2 tablespoons margarine
• 1⁄3 cup  cocoa, plus
• 1  tablespoon  cocoa
• 2 1⁄4 cups sugar
• 4  eggs
• 8  ounces evaporated milk
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 3⁄4 cup pecan pieces
• 2  unbaked pie shells

Directions

1. Melt butter and blend in cocoa.
2. Mix cocoa mixture with sugar.
3. Add eggs and mix well.
4. Add milk and mix.
5. Add vanilla and mix.
6. Add pecans and mix.
7. Pour into unbaked pie shells (2).
8. Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes.
9. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 20 minutes or until set.
10. Pie will puff when done.
11. Do not overbake or pie will be dry.
12. Take pie out of oven when pie is still shaking in center.
13. Let cool off completely then store in refrigerator.