1/4 c Butter or margarine,melted 2 oz Unsweetened chocolate, -melted 2/3 c Sugar 1 lg Egg 1/4 c Milk 1/2 ts Vanilla 1/2 c All-purpose flour 1 cn Cherry pie filling ------------------------------CHOCOLATE CRUST------------------------------ 24 Chocolate wafers 3 tb Butter or margarine,melted ----------------------------------FROSTING---------------------------------- 1/2 c Semisweet chocolate chips, 2 ts Whipping cream Combine butter, chocolate, sugar, egg, milk, and vanilla; beat well. Add flour and nuts; beat well. Spread batter into crust. Bake in a 350'F. oven until top looks dry and feels firm when gently touched, 18-20 minutes. cool; spread top with frosting. When frosting is cool, transfer cherries from can with a slotted spoon to top dessert. *** CHOCOLATE CRUST *** Finely crush chocolate wafers to make 1 1/4 cups crumbs; pour into a 9" pie pan. Mix with 3 tablespooons melted butter or margarine and press firmly over pan bottom and up side. Bake in a 350'F. oven until darker brown at rim, 8-10 minutes, cool. *** FROSTIMG *** In a 1- to 1 1/2 quart pan over low heat, stir 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate baking chips with 2 tablespoons whipping cream just until snooth. Use warm. ~ Gale Franko, Pullman, Washington
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