Holiday Cheer - Chocolate Chess Pie

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Chocolate Chess Pie

The Cook’s Cottage and Suites B&B

Fredericksburg, TX

Ingredients:

2 cups sugar

¼ cup unsweetened powdered cocoa

1 cup evaporated milk

3 eggs, beaten

1/3 cup butter, melted

2 teaspoons vanilla

Dash salt

Prepared 9-inch crumb crust of your choice

French vanilla ice cream, melted

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F. In mixing bowl combine sugar and cocoa. Add milk, eggs, butter, vanilla and salt. Pour into pie shell and bake for 50 minutes or until filling is just set when gently shaken. Filling will settle slightly as it cools. Place two to three tablespoons of melted vanilla ice cream on each severing plate, then top with pie slice.

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. ~Dr. Seuss