Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • ½ cup butter or margarine
  • 4 eggs, lightly beaten
  • ¼ cup Evan Williams Bourbon
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup pecan pieces
  • 1 unbaked pastry shell fitted into a 9" deep-dish pie plate
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat stirring constantly until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Cool slightly. Beat eggs, Evan Williams Bourbon, vanilla and salt in a large bowl; gradually add sugar mixture beating well with a wire whisk. Stir in chocolate chips and pecans; pour into pastry shell.