After indulging in the beautiful weather last week, I didn’t know what to do with myself when I woke up this morning with the urge to put on a sweatshirt.
When it comes to warming myself up, I have three tactics: fuzzy socks, my Snuggie and a delicious helping of a warm and gooey dessert, in this case a fudge pie.
I remember stumbling across this recipe in The Joy of Cooking when I had a craving for something chocolaty, decadent and simple.
Luckily for me, this recipe for fudge pie was exactly that, and I was able to make it with ingredients that I already had on-hand at home. I would describe this dessert as a brownie pudding. It is so rich and gooey that it just begs for a scoop of vanilla ice cream to melt over it.
Tips for this recipe:
- It never hurts to make a double batch (it goes quickly).
- You’ll notice in the recipe below that you need to melt 2 ozs of chocolate. You could do this gently over a double boiler, or I like to do this in 15 second intervals in the microwave. Just be careful not to scorch the chocolate by putting it in the microwave for too long.
- Whipped cream is an excellent topping.
Preheat over to 325 degrees.
Ingredients:
1 stick butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon salt
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Beat in egg yolks (don’t forget to save the whites) and chocolate. Add and mix four and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, beat egg whites with salt until stiff peeks are formed. Gently fold egg white mixture into the chocolate batter. Pour into a greased 8-inch pie dish and bake for 25-30 minutes.
