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Chocolate Pecan PieSpiced Apple Cider


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  • Author: Living the Gourmet
  • Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
  • Yield: 3 1x

Ingredients

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Cake Mix Crust:

  • 1 box of Pillsbury™ Moist Supreme® Cake Mix (I used the classic yellow cake)
  • 6 tbs. butter - softened
  • 1 cup oats
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup Mott's® Apple Juice
  • Flour for dusting

Chocolate Pecan Filling:

  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/2 tbs. flour
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 tbs. vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2 cups chopped pecans
  • 1 cup of M&M's® Milk Chocolate
  • 2 cups Mott's® Apple Juice
  • 1 cup Snapple® Apple
  • 1 apple, sliced
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 star anise

Instructions

Cake Mix Crust:

  1. Preheat Oven 350 degrees F.
  2. In a large bowl combine the cake mix, oats, and butter; mix until crumbly. Make a well in the center and add the apple juice; combine to form a dough and form into a ball.
  3. Dust a clean surface with flour and roll out the dough and to fit a nine inch pie plate or tart pan.
  4. Poke the bottom the pie plate with a fork and bake the crust for 10 minutes.
  5. Remove from oven and let cool.

Chocolate Pecan Filling:

  1. Place the M&M's® in a food processor and process until almost smooth.
  2. Place the eggs in a food processor and beat on medium speed.
  3. Add the sugar, vanilla, corn syrup, flour and salt to the eggs and continue to beat.
  4. To the mixer add the M&M's®, chopped pecans and butter and mix well.
  5. Pour into the cooled pie crust.
  6. Bake 45 – 50 minutes or until set.
  7. Let cool and serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
  8. In a small saucepan, bring all of the ingredients to a simmer over medium-low heat.
  9. Remove from heat and serve!
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1
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