Fudge Brownie Pie

If a pie and a brownie had a baby, this would be it.

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 45

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Ingredients

For the crust:

1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon table salt
1 Tablespoon sugar
8 Tablespoons cold butter (1 stick) cut into small cubes
3 Tablespoons cold water

For the filling:

4 Tablespoons melted butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large eggs
⅓ cup cocoa powder
2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon kosher salt or a very scant ½ teaspoon of table salt

Instructions

For the crust:

Mix together the flour, salt and sugar.
Cut in the butter cubes either using your hands, a fork, or a stand mixer.
Once the butter is incorporated to about the size of small peas, slowly add the water (you may not need it all) until the dough just comes together.
Roll out on a floured countertop and transfer to a 9-inch pie pan. Put in refrigerator while making the filling.

For the filling/making the pie:

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Mix together butter, vanilla and brown sugar until well mixed.
Add in eggs one at a time, mixing well between additions.
Stir together cocoa powder, flour, and salt and add to wet ingredients.
Mix until combined but do not overmix.
Pour filling into prepared pie crust.
Bake for 35-45 minutes – the center will still be a little jiggly.
Cool for at least an hour, serve either warm or at room temperature with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

Keyword chocolate, fudge pie

Unfamiliar with the term “scant” for measurements? How Stuff Works has a great summary!

If you like Fudge Brownie Pie, you’ll love my Ultimate Chocolate Cookies – check them out!

Changing things up – A Nonfictional Backstory

If a pie and a brownie had a baby, it would be Fudge Brownie Pie.

Real talk: the blog where I got the inspiration for this recipe is EXACTLY the type of blog that made me start “Give Me The Recipe, Dammit”. No lie, it was TEN PAGES of ads, history, and interspersed REVIEWS. No joke. Reviews. Like not at the bottom of the page but peppered throughout like a ponzi site. And then the instructions….dear God. “Melt the butter but don’t really melt it, just soften it until it’s ALMOST melted”….guess what. I melted my butter. And made more changes. And it turned out GREAT.

And now, in honor of the inspirational blog, the fictional backstory will be written in their style!

Back to your regularly scheduled programming – Obligatory Fictional Backstory!

in my best Southern drawl – which to be honest isn’t very good
Hey, ya’ll! Today, we are going to be making Fudge Brownie Pie. It’s sooo good. Really, don’t take my word for it, check out what Pam has to say!

“This pie is SOOO good!”
– Pam from Raleigh

Just how good is Fudge Brownie Pie? It’s like a warm, gooey, melty brownie mixed with hot fudge, put into a pie shell. Even my chocolate hating husband loved it!

“I thought I would hate it, but it’s actually pretty good”
– Josh from Kansas City

So now that we’ve established just HOW GOOD Fudge Brownie Pie is, let’s dive in!

Not to the recipe, silly! To the history!

This kind of pie is sometimes referred to as “chess pie”. Why is it called “chess pie”? Well, as you know, chess is a very intelligent, academic sport. Ladies, if you’re looking for a man, look for one who plays chess – he’ll be the one to land a good job and be able to support your every desire! Anyway, since chess requires SOO much intellectual thought, it requires a lot of energy for concentration. Smart wives used to make this for their smart husbands to provide them with enough energy to focus and win their chess tournaments, hence the name, “Chess Pie!”

“I like pie”
– Alex, Age 3

Other theories have arisen, saying that it’s called “chess pie” because the pie itself is very dark brown, and the ice cream that is typically served with the pie is vanilla, which is white. And chess pieces are usually dark brown and white, so, chess pie!

“History is boring”
– Also Alex, Age 3

When you make this pie, it’s important to prepare your ingredients correctly. You MUST use dark brown sugar. Light brown sugar will absolutely RUIN this pie. Most brown sugar that you purchase in the store is light brown sugar so make sure that you go to a specialty baking store to get the correct brown sugar or your pie will not turn out!

“I tried making Fudge Brownie Pie once with light brown sugar. It would not set, it looked awful, and everyone made fun of me for it. I bought super expensive rare extra dark brown sugar and tried it again, and it turned out great! You really need to make sure that you follow the recipe to a ‘T’!”
-Susan, Atlanta

Now for the butter. You need the butter melted. But not truly melted, you don’t want a big ol’ puddle of butter, looking all greasy and yellow. No, you need to melt it until it’s not quite melted, and still looks all lovely light yellow and creamy. Creamy melted butter is the key!

“I didn’t follow the butter instructions and my pie separated and the whole thing looked yellow and greasy”
– Tim, Dallas

If you follow my instructions exactly, don’t open the oven to check on it, and hold your breath the entire time it’s baking, it will turn out perfectly!

“I passed out from holding my breath while it was in the oven but when I woke up the pie was absolutely perfect!”
– Amber, Miami

Happy baking, ya’ll!

Fudge Brownie Pie is the bomb!
Marvin, Baltimore

Such a delicious chocolaty pie! If you love chocolate you should definitely make this!
Shelby, Fargo

There is no such thing as too much chocolate and this pie proves it. I will be making it every week!
Sven, Sweden

This is a horrible recipe! Do not make it! I substituted regular sugar for the brown sugar, shortening for the butter, dirt for the cocoa powder, arrowroot powder for the flour, lemon extract for the vanilla extract, chia seed for the eggs, and seasoned salt for the salt. It turned out terribly. 0 of 5 stars do not recommend this recipe!
– Karen, Minneapolis

Such a delicious recipe!! Five stars! My wife makes it daily!
-Murray, Clearwater

Make sure that you BARELY cook this pie as it gets firm if you actually cook it according to the recipe instructions. Of course I was looking for a pudding pie recipe and this wasn’t it but i’m still going to say it’s not a great recipe.
– Stew, Hazard