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The American Pie Council is a professional person organisation dedicated alone to “preserving America’s Pie heritage too promoting America’s honey matter alongside pies.” Anyone who loves pie tin terminate endure a member. As a lifetime fellow member you lot gain access to recipes, marketing too research. The APC also hosts the national pie entitle inwards which amateur, professional person too commercial bakers compete for the best pies inwards the country. While I get got never entered their annual championship, I am a fellow member of the organization. I 1 time won a Blue Ribbon for an apple tree pie inwards a local county fair thence I oft dream nearly competing again.
A few weeks agone I received an e-mail from The American Pie Council reminding me that National Pie Day is coming upwards on Jan 23, 2014. They “encouraged members too pie lovers everywhere to instruct mortal to brand a pie inwards accolade of this particular day. Passing on the tradition of pie making inwards an of import business office of our civilisation too a mission of The American Pie Council.”
Inspired yesteryear the American Pie Council’s slap-up suggestion, I talked my immature lady Allie into letting me instruct her to brand a pie. To endure honest she is non a large pie lover but volition consume chocolate pecan 1 time a year. I’ve ever loved to bake pies, equally I approximate you lot know, thence it meant a lot to me that she said yes!
Have you lot ever read the book, or seen the movie, The Help? Allie too I loved the motion painting too I devoured the mass too. The ending hinges on a clandestine involving a maid named Minny too her famous chocolate pie. I won’t ruin the plot thence if you lot haven’t seen it or read the book, you lot actually should! It’s a lovely story. During the filming inwards Greenwood, Mississippi a local paper columnist, Lee Ann Flemming, baked 53 chocolate pies that were used inwards the movie. This is Ms. Flemming’s recipe equally published in Food & Wine.
Allie made her outset pie crust! Getting used to a rolling pivot does get got a piddling exercise – but she nailed it!
Once rolled too trimmed, you lot tin terminate crimp the dough inwards one-half too thence inwards one-half again. This is an slow way to acquire the dough into the pie plate without violent or stretching the dough.
Once inwards the pie plate, unfold the dough …
… too unfold 1 time again until it is hanging over on all sides. Ease the dough into the bottom too sides of the pie plate taking assist non to push clitoris too stretch the dough.
Next cut back the excess dough using kitchen shears.
Fold the dough nether around the rim of the pie plate. Press gently.
Create a decorative border yesteryear pinching the dough betwixt your fingers or purpose fork tines to create a apartment edge.
This is a pre-baked pie crust or blind baked (baked earlier filling) thence Allie used a fork to prick the crust. Making minor holes inwards the crust keeps it from bubbling up.
Perfect!
Line the pastry alongside foil or parchment paper too fill upwards alongside pie weights or dried beans. Bake for xv minutes or until set. Remove the beans or weights too bake some other five minutes or until the crust is dry out but non brown.
While the crust is baking Allie mixed upwards the filling. This is a slap-up outset pie using normal pantry ingredients all inwards 1 bowl. (Did I also cite it’s delicious?)
Whisk together the sugar, cocoa, butter, eggs, evaporated milk, vanilla too salt.
Look at that whisk action!
Pour the filling into the pre-baked crust too bake 45 minutes. Cover the edges of the crust alongside foil to preclude over-browning.
With my immature lady over for a prissy long view (pie extravaganza) that also agency I acquire to pass a few wonderful hours alongside my grandson Isaac. He kept reaching for the fruit bowl thence I set it on the flooring for him.
Isaac’s only starting to verbalise too learned to state “apple.” He is thence proud to endure belongings an apple tree too telling us what it is. It sounds to a greater extent than similar APP-PA instead of apple tree but he’ll acquire it. And he loves to consume apples – that’s the best part!
App-pa, app-pa, app-pa. I almost forgot what a miracle it is to scout them acquire too grow correct earlier your eyes. So special!
Congratulations Allie on your outset pie! It’s lovely too you lot did it all yesteryear yourself 🙂
This fudgy pie was a large hit, only similar inwards the movie. Everybody loved the flaky crust too creamy sweetness middle. I tin terminate tell this volition endure a identify unit of measurement favorite for years to come.
Served alongside a piddling sweetened cream too chocolate curls, this classic chocolate pie won’t final long inwards her house. I know her married adult man won’t hear if she makes it again.
And I experience pretty happy that I was able to part my pie-ability alongside my favorite daughter. Thanks for baking alongside me Allie – I honey you lot lots!
Thanks for PINNING!
Minny's Chocolate Pie
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
"That" famous chocolate pie from the motion painting "The Help"
Course:
Dessert, Pie
Servings: 8 slices
Ingredients
1
recipe for Perfect Pie Crust (see notes for link)
1 1/2
cups
granulated sugar
3
tablespoons
unsweetened cocoa powder
4
tablespoons
unsalted butter,
melted
2
large eggs,
beaten
3/4
cup
evaporated milk
1
teaspoon
pure vanilla extract
1/4
teaspoon
salt
Whipped cream for serving
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the prepared pie dough on a lightly floured function surface. Roll out to lucifer your pie pan. Crimp the edges too prick the dough alongside a fork. Refrigerate for thirty minutes.
Line the pie crust alongside foil or parchment paper. Add dried beans or pie weights to the pie too bake for xv minutes. Remove the foil too beans too bake for five minutes longer, until the crust is dry out but non browned.
- While the crust is baking, gear upwards the filling. In a large mixing bowl whisk together the sugar, cocoa powder, butter, eggs, evaporated milk, vanilla too common salt until smooth.
Pour the filling into the pre-baked pie shell too bake for 45 minutes, or until the filling is laid around the edges but a piddling jiggly inwards the center. Cover the crust alongside strips of foil halfway through baking to preclude over-browning. Cool the pie on a rack earlier cutting. Serve alongside whipped cream.
Refrigerate leftovers.
Recipe Notes
Click HERE to acquire the recipe for our Perfect Pie Crust inwards three slow steps (with VIDEO)
(Recipe adapted from Food & Wine by Lee Ann Flemming)
What’s your favorite pie? Sweet or savory? I don’t know if I could choice 1 favorite but anything alongside fruit would get got to endure at the hand of my list. Chocolate pies inwards whatever cast are wonderful besides too Lemon pies are pretty phenomenal. So many pies, thence many recipes! Have a wonderful calendar week too cheers thence much for stopping by!
Tricia
Source: savingdessert.com
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