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Last month when husband and I were in Mt. View Arkansas, I ate a delicious slice of pie - Ozark Mountain Pie. I asked for the recipe only to be told it was a specialty of the restaurant. I have managed to come up with a reasonable facsimile...


Sherry's So Good It Does Not Need a Name Pie

1/4 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup Karo
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup coconut
1 cup walnuts, chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar. Add Karo and vanilla, mix in. Then add eggs and beat until all is blended in. Stir in chocolate chips, coconut, and walnuts. Pour into a prepared pie shell. Bake 40-45 minutes.

Note: I used dark chocolate chips, but you can use milk chocolate chips if you prefer.

My new crust recipe. When I got my new KitchenAide food processor last year I searched for a pastry crust recipe. So flaky it melts in your mouth!

1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Pulse a couple of times to mix.

8 tablespoons of lard (I weigh it - 4 ounces)
Cut into chunks and spread on top of flour. Pulse 3 times counting to 3 each time.

Run and sprinkle in three tablespoons of ice cold water. This comes together real quick. Turn off. Gather up into a bundle. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill at least an hour.

Note:
You can use shortening instead of lard. Some of the fat can be butter, but butter tends to toughen the crust.

(I made the mistake of reading the recipe out loud once while DH was talking to me in the kitchen. Pulse 3 times at 3 seconds each. He let me know real quick that counting to 3 was not 3 seconds. I told him this wasn't rocket science...)

This message has been edited. Last edited by: KeepYouInStitches,

A slice of pie...I've already eaten the crimped crust. I love good melt-in-your-mouth crust!

Looks like a really good pie! Thanks for figuring out the recipe and for sharing.

Great pictures as well!

Martha

That is very good pie, I've had it before at a church event and made it myself, sorry I'm not coming up with the name either. I only know it as Valerie's. Toll House pie is similar, without the coconut.

Pie sounds yummy!

I think you meant 1/2 teaspoon salt in the crust recipe instead of 1/2 teaspoon flour.

Ooops...thanks Crafty.