Simple ingredients come together to create this Brenda Gantt’s must-have Million Dollar Pie.
Brenda Gantt's Million Dollar Pie
Makes 1 (9-inch) pie
Ingredients
- 1 refrigerated piecrust dough
- ½ cup salted butter, melted
- ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
- ¾ cup light corn syrup
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup honey-and-oats granola
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- ¼ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- Ice cream and chocolate sauce, to serve
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°.
- On a lightly floured surface, unroll piecrust dough. Fit dough into a 9-inch metal pie plate. Fold edges under and crimp, as desired.
- Mix melted butter and brown sugar. Add corn syrup, eggs, vanilla, salt, granola, pecans, and chocolate, slowly stirring to combine. Pour into piecrust.
- Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°.
- Loosely cover pie with foil and bake until set, about 25 minutes more. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Serve with ice cream and chocolate sauce, if desired.
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