Surprise Pie (Pretzel Pie)
Recipe from: Pat Dwigans

9 inch unbaked pie shell
1/3 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
3 large eggs
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup coarsely crushed pretzels*
1 tsp vanilla extract

Cream butter until light and fluffy; add sugar gradually beating after each addition.

Add eggs one at a time. One at a time, stir in corn syrup, pretzels, and vanilla.

Fill pie shell with filling. Apply a band of foil to edge of pie to prevent overbrowning of crust edge.

Bake 40-50 minutes at 375.

*Shake pretzels in colander to get off some of the salt before crushing them. You can add 1/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans to pretzels or you can use 1 cup of granola cereal only.