Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie

This is recipe is a twisted to the traditional Pecan Pie


Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 cup corn syrup
• 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
• 1 9 inch single crust pie (from scratch or frozen)
  

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a large mixing bowl beat eggs until light and fluffy. Add sugar, flour, melted butter or margarine, salt, lemon juice, and corn syrup. Mix thoroughly, then stir in chocolate chips and pecans. Pour mixture into pie shell.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes or until set and golden.
4. Serve with your favorite vanilla bean ice cream.....
   

Fit Mom

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Jennifer Hudson

While she is not a mother....I just had a to take time out today and comment on the awesome job Jennifer Hudson did singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. In her first public appearance since her recent tragedy, Jennifer stood strong, looked amazing and brought tears to the eyes of many yesterday. If you missed it yesterday, here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc8W9jJSpIs

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