Christmas Recipes
Chocolate-Pecan Jumbo Christmas Fudge Pie
This very rich Chocolate-Pecan Jumbo Christmas Fudge Pie has a wonderful, moist, fudgy filling in a chocolate crumb crust.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips, melted
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
- Whipped cream sweetened
- Chocolate syrup
- Maraschino cherry with stems
- Fresh mint leaf
Instructions
- Combine chocolate wafer crumbs and 1/3 cup melted butter; firmly press on bottom and sides of a
9-inch tart pan or pie plate.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 6 to 8 minutes.
- Cream 1/2 cup softened butter; gradually add brown sugar with the electric mixer at medium speed until
blended.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
- Stir in the melted chocolate, instant coffee granules, vanilla extract, flour and chopped pecans.
- Pour into the prepared crust.
- Bake at 375 degrees F for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely on a rack.
- Before serving, pipe sweetened whipped cream on each piece and drizzle with chocolate syrup.
- Garnish with cherries and/or mint if desired.