Chocolate Chess Pie

Courtesy Of: Taste of Home

Yields8 Servings
Prep Time30 minsCook Time40 minsTotal Time1 hr 10 mins
Crust
 1 ¼ cups Flour, all-purpose
 ¼ tsp Salt
 ¼ cup Butter, cold and cubed
 ¼ cup Shortening
 3 ½ tbsp Ice Water
Filling
 2 Eggs, room temperature
 1 cup Brown Sugar, packed
 ½ cup Sugar, granulated
 1 ½ oz Unsweetened Chocolate, melted and cooled
 2 tbsp 2% Milk
 1 tbsp Flour, all-purpose
 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
 ½ cup Butter, melted
1

Combine flour and salt; cut in butter and shortening until crumbly. Gradually add ice water, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Shape dough into a disk. Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight.

2

On a floured surface, roll dough to fit a 9-in. pie plate. Trim and flute edge. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 425°. Line unpricked crust with a double thickness of foil. Fill with pie weights. Bake on a lower oven rack until light golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Remove foil and weights; bake until bottom is golden brown, 3-6 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven setting to 325°.

3

In a large bowl, whisk eggs, sugars, melted chocolate, milk, flour and vanilla. Gradually whisk in butter. Pour into crust. Cover edge with foil to prevent over-browning.

4

Bake at 325° until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Remove foil. Cool on a wire rack. Refrigerate, covered, for 3 hours or until chilled.

Ingredients

Crust
 1 ¼ cups Flour, all-purpose
 ¼ tsp Salt
 ¼ cup Butter, cold and cubed
 ¼ cup Shortening
 3 ½ tbsp Ice Water
Filling
 2 Eggs, room temperature
 1 cup Brown Sugar, packed
 ½ cup Sugar, granulated
 1 ½ oz Unsweetened Chocolate, melted and cooled
 2 tbsp 2% Milk
 1 tbsp Flour, all-purpose
 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
 ½ cup Butter, melted

Directions

1

Combine flour and salt; cut in butter and shortening until crumbly. Gradually add ice water, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Shape dough into a disk. Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight.

2

On a floured surface, roll dough to fit a 9-in. pie plate. Trim and flute edge. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 425°. Line unpricked crust with a double thickness of foil. Fill with pie weights. Bake on a lower oven rack until light golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Remove foil and weights; bake until bottom is golden brown, 3-6 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven setting to 325°.

3

In a large bowl, whisk eggs, sugars, melted chocolate, milk, flour and vanilla. Gradually whisk in butter. Pour into crust. Cover edge with foil to prevent over-browning.

4

Bake at 325° until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Remove foil. Cool on a wire rack. Refrigerate, covered, for 3 hours or until chilled.

Chocolate Chess Pie

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