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Friday, January 8, 2010

SMS: Chocolate Pie Crust + Brownie Pie



For Sweet Melissa Sundays this week, the recipe of choice was Chocolate Pie Crust, the pick of Donna from L'Amour de Tarte. And we could choose whatever filling we like to put in it. Nice choice, Donna! I love that this recipe left a lot of room for creativity. It is so much fun to check out everyone else's post in creative ones like this and see the different things we all came up with.

That being said, I was totally scared to do this. I have never made a pie crust, and judging by the amount of tutorials and advice on how to make a pie crust that flood the internet, I assumed it was a difficult and delicate process. So, I just avoided it all together. That, coupled with the fact that the fiance likes his fruit cold and crunchy, not cooked, soft and squishy, I never had the reason to make my first pie crust. But when it came up next on the list for SMS, I decided to give it a go. Before attempting my pie crust, I tried to read up all about it. I watched this and this. I looked at this step by step (with a different recipe) and a few others to see how the dough is supposed to look as it is coming together. I know the Sweet Melissa book said not to use a food processor, but I don't have the pastry cutter thingy (yet) and in the video, Alton made his in the same food processor I have! So I gave it a go with the Cuisinart. And it came out very nicely! I took about a gajillion pics of this one... of the process and the final product.


I did the squeeze test, and it stuck together perfectly. Time for making into a bally and chilling!


It rolled out perfectly! (with Dan's help, of course. There are certain things I am not good at and Daniel always help me when I get frustrated... rolling out dough, kneading, and crumb coating to name a few! <3 He's the best)


Going into the pie plate


So impressed with ourselves!


So for the FILLING... what to do! We could choose any filling we like. Since Daniel doesn't like cooked, soft, squishy fruit, Cherry, Apple. etc. were out. So I went searching for inspiration on Food Network. When I came across Paula Deen's "Corrie's Kentucky Pie", I knew I found THE ONE! The user comments and reviews on this one were very positive, and many described it as, a "Brownie Pie". Mmm, since the New Year's Brownies were such a big hit, and Daniel was still craving brownies, I chose Paula's "Corrie's Kentucky Pie" as my filling. Since her recipe made 2 pies, I just halved the recipe. I just made a few small changes to the filling, which I listed below. But also make sure to click here and check out the original recipe, and the multitude of positive reviews of this pie!

BUT.... before I made the batter.... I added a small secret layer to my already decadent Brownie Pie with Chocolate Pie Crust....


Because isn't every chocolate recipe a little better with a bit of peanut butter???

Brownie Pie with Chocolate Pie Crust, adapted from Paula Deen's "Corrie's Kentucky Pie"
enough to fill one 9.5" pie plate

Ingredients
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 cup sugar
4 oz semisweet chocolate. chopped
2 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup all purpose flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp fine sea salt
1 stick unsalted butter, melted and allow to cool slightly
1 Chocolate Pie Crust, from the Sweet Melissa Baking Book
handful of peanut butter chips.

Preheat to 350 F. In a large bowl, combine eggs and sugar and beat. Add melted chocolate and stir. In a separate small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to chocolate mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Stirring in remaining ingredients except for pie shell and peanut butter chips.
Lay your prepared pie crust into an ungreased 9.5 inch pie plate. Sprinkle with peanut butter chips. Add brownie pie batter. Bake 50 -55 minutes. Use toothpick to test for doneness.





The end product was fantastic. The crust was a breeze to put together - So happy! And I thought it had a great taste. Not very sweet, but I think that mixes well with the sweetness of the filling. And the filling.... amazing. Nice gooey inside with a slight crust to the top. And after it has been allowed to cool and sit, it slices very nicely and cleanly. Perfect served warm with some ice cream. :)







Crust shots!!!!

Really good pick, Donna! Be sure to check our her blog, L'Amour de Tarte, for the recipe. And visit all the SMS bakers' sites to see their results and crust+filling combo's!

21 comments:

Candy said...

Looks yummy! Great job making your first pie crust!

Duchess Doro said...

Yum! Do u think I cld make it without the crust? just the brownie pie? :D

Lindsey@pickyeatings said...

This looks so delicious, it's on my list of things to make. I totally make my pie crust in the food processor and it always comes out great, and it's so easy to make!

Julie said...

This looks sooooooo good! Glad your crust turned out so nicely. I didn't have the same results.

HanaĆ¢ said...

Wow, that looks very rich. Yum! At first glance I thought those were butterscotch chips which would have been delicious too. Great job on the crust. It's look flaky!!! :o)

Katiecakes said...

A brownie, in a pie?! How amazing.

Your unbaked crust looks so neat. My was a state!

Katie xox

Unknown said...

Wow, congrats on your first pie crust! You really did an amazing job! I'm glad you enjoyed it too. I found it difficult to work with and a bit bland. The brownie pie sounds amazing!

Nina said...

YUM! a brownie in a pie crust? sounds heavenly!

Flourchild said...

Great job and Im glad you liked it. I made a turtle pie!

k.a.r.e.n said...

Looks delicious! Good job to both of you on a pie crust done well!

oneordinaryday said...

Total yumminess. I just bookmarked to try asap. Thanks.

spike. said...

that looks great! nice work and good choice on the filling

Eliana said...

Your crust looks like it came out perrrrfect :)

Tami said...

This pie looks to die for! I bet that it tastes great! My daughter is standing next to me drooling over the pictures of it. :)

Anonymous said...

oh my - this looks soooooo delicious!

Susan said...

Oh My Goodness! That looks sooo good. I am with you about peanut butter and chocolate. Great job!

Donna-FFW said...

Absolutely 100 % sinfully delicious. I love how this looks!

Kerstin said...

Mmm, this looks so rich and decadent! Love that crust shot too :)

Ingrid_3Bs said...

Mmmm, Stephanie! That filling does look good and so decadent. Vanilla ice cream on top would be perfect!

Glad to hear that the crust worked for you!
~ingrid

Mara Campbell said...

The crust looks good and the filling looks even better. This is definitely going on my to-try list!

Anonymous said...

Making this pie SOON!! You should look up the Tuscaloosa Tollhouse pie (from Baked) and put it in this crust. To. Die.

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