1999 DERBY PIE

This pie celebrates the Kentucky Derby. It is a pecan pie made rich with chocolate and
a touch of bourbon.

8 tablespoons of butter (melted)
4 eggs
1 cup light Karo syrup
1/2 cup light brown sugar (packed)
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon bourbon
1 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup chocolate morsels

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat the butter, eggs, vanilla and bourbon. Add the Karo and the sugars and mix. Stir in the pecans and morsels.

Pour into a 9-inch pie shell. Bake for 40 minutes or until the pie becomes firm in the middle.

PERFECT WHIPPED CREAM

1 cup heavy cream (cold)
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Refrigerate all the ingredients in a mixing bowl for at least 15 minutes. Chill the whisk beater alongside the bowl.

Beat the mixture until soft peaks form when the beater is raised or the cream mounds softly when dropped from a spoon. Do not overbeat.