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 350F. 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
350F. 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