Black Forest Pie

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup HERSHEY®’S Cocoa
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/4 cup butter, cubed
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling, divided
• 1 unbaked pastry shell (9 inches)
• Whipped topping, optional

Directions

• In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cocoa and flour. Stir in milk until smooth. Add butter. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer.
• Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount of hot filling into eggs; return all to pan, stirring constantly. Fold in half of the pie filling.
• Pour into pastry shell. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until filling is almost set. Cool completely on a wire rack. Just before serving, top with remaining pie filling and whipped topping if desired. Yield: 6-8 servings.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 slice) equals 370 calories, 15 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 75 mg cholesterol, 192 mg sodium, 57 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Black Forest Pie published in Taste of Home February/March 2000, p27