{"id":333,"date":"2014-11-15T21:18:29","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T21:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betondinner.com\/?p=333"},"modified":"2018-03-14T20:38:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T20:38:33","slug":"chocolate-chess-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/chocolate-chess-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Chess Pie (and the easiest pie crust ever!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I love treats. Love ’em. I have a Pinterest board<\/a> with 154 mouth-watering treats pinned on it, and I want to eat all of them. Like Apple-Spice Layer Cake with Caramel Swirl Icing.<\/a>\u00a0Or a Giant Oatmeal Creme Pie<\/a>.\u00a0 Or Chocolate and Coconut Cream Pie Bars<\/a>. And maybe one day I’ll make them (I mean – did you look at them? YUM.) But here’s the thing…in about 45 minutes, with ingredients I always have in my pantry and fridge, I can make and be eating <\/em>one of my very favorite desserts – chocolate chess pie. Chocolate chess pie is dense, dark, chocolatey heaven with a crackly, brownie-ish top, and when it’s served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, it’s everything I want a treat to be.<\/p>\n

My college roommate Rachel (creator of extremely cute and quirky clothes and accessories for kids at\u00a0Bullpin Apparel<\/a>) introduced me to this pie. It’s one item on a long list of things she’s taught me (see also: befriending people with jigsaw puzzles and CatchPhrase tournaments, the names of all the NFL franchises, asking insightful\/hard questions in a way that makes people want to answer, and how to Chi my hair). By some miracle we’ve ended up living close enough to each other to have regular time together!\u00a0Today I took pictures while she whipped up the pie, and none of our combined four children even had time to feel neglected.<\/p>\n

The crust is flour, sugar, and salt, mixed with a splash of milk and some oil. I love that it doesn’t need to be chilled or rolled out – just pat it into the pan!<\/p>\n

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There. That took 5 minutes. Now for the filling!\u00a0Melt a stick of butter and 2 squares of semisweet Baker’s chocolate.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, mix the eggs, vanilla, and sugar.<\/p>\n

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Mix them together and pour into the unbaked pie shell!<\/p>\n

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Exactly 35 minutes later, this baby is sitting on the stovetop.<\/p>\n

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Hello, lovely. See how the very top of the pie is shatteringly crisp and the middle is kind of like underdone brownies? It tastes even better than it looks!<\/p>\n

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Every time I make this, someone asks for the recipe! One friend who made it later confessed that she and her husband finished the entire thing in less than 24 hours. \ud83d\ude09 Go and do likewise!<\/p>\nPrint<\/a>

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