Cooking with the Moisens!!!

It is almost Thanksgiving! Here is one of the Moisens favorite Thanksgiving recipes.....

Colonial Inkeepers Pie (from the Kitchen of Mrs. Kinton)

Ingredients-
1 1\2 sq unsweetened chocolate
1\2 cup of water
2\3 cup sugar
1\4 cup butter or margarine
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
3\4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1\4 cup shortening
1 egg
1\2 tsp salt
1\2 cup milk
1\2 cup chopped nuts (optional, pecans are the best)
1 unbaked 9" pie shell with high rim



Instructions-

Melt chocolate in water, add 2\3 cup sugar and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and 1 1\2 teaspoons vanilla. Set aside. Mix and sift flour, 3\4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add shortening, milk, and 1\2 tsp vanilla. Beat two minutes. Pour batter into unbaked pie shell. Pour chocolate sauce over batter carefully. Sprinkle with nuts Bake at 350*F for 55-60 minutes. Top with fresh whipped cream. Ice cream tastes good too.

Happy Thanksgiving from the Moisens!