Southern Chocolate Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 ounces baker's German sweet chocolate
1/4 cup butter
1 2/3 cups evaporated milk
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell, fluted
1 1/3 cups baker's angel flake coconut
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Preparation

Melt chocolate with butter over low heat, stirring until blended. Remove from heat.
Gradually blend in milk.
In a seperate bowl mix sugar, cornstarch, and salt thoroughly. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Gradually blend in chocolate mixture.
Pour into pie shell.
Combine coconut and pecans; sprinkle over filling.
Bake in moderate oven (375*) until top puffs and begins to crack-about 50 minutes. (Center of pie should be soft.).
Cool at least 3 hours before serving.