dessert

Recipe: Texas Trash Pie

July 25, 2023 | By

Texas Trash Pie
Pie Crust
Yields three 10-inch crusts
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
2 cups minus 3 tablespoons shortening, preferably Crisco
5 cups flour
Filling
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup caramel bits
1 cup pretzels, crumbled
1 cup graham crackers, crumbled
1 cup coconut
1 stick butter, melted
14 ounce can sweetened
condensed milk
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 F.

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3/4 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. soft butter
extra sugar and cinnamon

Sift together first three ingredients.

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Crust

1 1/4 c. crushed double-filling Oreo cookies
6 T. butter, melted
1/2 c. nuts, finely chopped

Crush cookies, using a food processor. Add melted butter and nuts, and pat into large greased pie pan.

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