Fun, Crafts and Recipes

1/4 cup Butter or margarine — melted
2 ounces Unsweetened chocolate — melted
2/3 cup Sugar
1 large Egg
1/4 cup Milk
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 cup All-purpose flour
1 can Cherry pie filling
—–CHOCOLATE CRUST—–
24 Chocolate wafers
3 tablespoons Butter or margarine — melted
—–FROSTING—–
1/2 cup Semisweet chocolate chips
2 teaspoons Whipping cream
Combine butter, chocolate, sugar, egg, milk, and vanilla; beat well.
Add flour and nuts; beat well.
Spread batter into crust.
Bake in a 350′F. oven until top looks dry and feels firm when gently touched, 18-20
minutes. cool; spread top with frosting.
When frosting is cool, transfer cherries from can with a slotted spoon to top dessert.
*** CHOCOLATE CRUST ***
Finely crush chocolate wafers to make 1 1/4 cups crumbs; pour into a 9″ pie pan.
Mix with 3 tablespooons melted butter or margarine and press firmly over pan bottom and up side.
Bake in a 350′F. oven until darker brown at rim, 8-10 minutes, cool.
*** FROSTING ***
In a 1- to 1 1/2 quart pan over low heat, stir 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate baking chips with 2 tablespoons whipping cream just until smooth.
Use warm.

By G Franko, WA