Brownie Pie
This brownie pie recipe is a chocolate lover's dream. A rich, from-scratch brownie filling is baked inside a buttery pie crust. It's perfectly fudgy with a crackly top, and best served a la mode, of course.
- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 35 min
- Yield
- 14 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- ½ cup butter (chilled)
- 3-4 Tablespoons ice water
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon espresso powder
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup salted butter ((melted))
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup chocolate chips ((6 oz))
Instructions
- 1
Put flour, salt and sugar in the container of a food processor fitted with the “S” blade, pulse to combine.
- 2
Add the butter and ice water and process until the ingredients start to stick together.
- 3
Dump the dough out onto a large surface and gather together and form a flat round disc.
- 4
Wrap in saran wrap and let it chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- 5
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- 6
After the crust has chilled and you are ready to bake the pie, remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll one disc into a circle, about ¼ inch thick.
- 7
Gently place the crust into pie plate and crimp the edges.
- 8
Put the formed crust into the refrigerator to chill while you make the filling.
- 9
In a small bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder and salt.
- 10
Beat eggs for 1 minute (until light).
- 11
Add granulated sugar and brown sugar and beat for an additional minute until dissolved.
- 12
Add melted butter and vanilla and stir to combine.
- 13
Beat in dry ingredients until smooth.
- 14
Fold In chocolate chips.
- 15
Pour the filling into the pie crust.
- 16
Bake on the bottom rack in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes until top is set and only slightly jiggly in the center.
- 17
Let cool slightly (at least 30 minutes) and serve slightly warm with vanilla ice cream.