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.

1. It never hurts to make a double batch (it goes quickly).
2. 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.
3. 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.