Chocolate Fudge Pie

Chocolate Fudge Pie is a delicious, rich and decadent homemade chocolate pie, made from scratch! The perfect solution when you need a quick and easy dessert – made in just a little over an hour! In the fall, this dessert is the best thanksgiving pie recipe.

Ingredients

For the crust:

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (cold and cut into half inch cubes)
• 2–4 tablespoons cold water

For the filling:

• 1 cup half and half
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate-chopped
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 3 egg yolks

Instructions

To make the crust:

1. In a large bowl whisk together flour, sugar and salt.
2. Add butter and mix with a fork until it starts to look like a coarse meal.
3. Add 1 tablespoon of water at the time and continue mixing until a dough forms.
4. Wrap the dough with the plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
5. Lightly greased 9-inch pie plate and preheat oven to 350 F.
6. Take the dough from refrigerator and roll out on a lightly floured work surface into a circle about 1/8 inch thick.
7. Transfer the dough to a pie plate and trim excess of a dough from edges.

To make the filling:

1. In a bowl whisk together sugar, cocoa powder, flour, and salt.
2. Combine in a sauce pan half and half, butter, and chocolate and stir over a medium-low heat until it become smooth.( Let it cool a few minutes before you add it over dry ingredients and eggs)
3. Add eggs, egg yolks and chocolate mixture into dry ingredients and stir until well-combined
4. Transfer filling to pie crust in pan.
5. Bake 45 to 50 minutes (until the center is set and the edges start to crack)
6. Cool 10-15 minutes before serving.

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