Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie

Submitted by kbmidura

"Adapted from "Cooking in the New South." This is a great dessert for people who really love chocolate. It is not as sweet as most pecan pies. Serve with sweetened whipped cream on top. Yum!"

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 unbaked pie shell
• 113.39 g baking chocolate
• 118.29 ml light brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 118.29 ml light corn syrup
• 78.78 ml Bourbon
• 14.79 ml molasses
• 3.69 ml salt
• 473.18 ml pecan halves

directions

1. Preheat oven to 425.
2. Melt chocolate squares in the microwave.
3. Beat melted chocolate with brown sugar until thoroughly mixed.
4. Add eggs, one at a time.
5. Add corn syrup, bourbon, molasses, and salt.
6. Check to see that there are no lumps--this mixture is sticky!
7. Fold in pecan halves with a spatula.
8. Pour into the pie shell and bake for ten minutes at 425. Lower oven temperature to 325 and back for about 30 minutes more, or until a knife comes out clean from the center.