What is evaporated milk?

Evaporated milk is shelf-stable canned milk that has about 60% of the water content from fresh cow’s milk taken out. It has a thicker, creamier texture than whole milk, and and a slightly sweet flavor.

Can this recipe be made ahead of time?

It can! You can make it a day ahead and store it in the fridge. When you are ready to serve, you can either keep it chilled or bring it to room temperature.

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Chocolate Chess Pie: A Southern Classic Delight

Chocolate Chess Pie

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This easy recipe for chocolate chess pie is basically a creamy slice of fudge in a piecrust. The dessert of your chocolate dreams!

Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Yield: 8 1x
Category: Dessert
Method: Oven
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegetarian

Ingredients

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1 unbaked pie crust
1 ½ cups sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 five ounce can evaporated milk
4 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled a little
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
¼ teaspoon sea salt
Confectioner’s sugar (optional, for garnish)

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 and spray a nine inch pie plate with cooking spray.
Line the pie plate with the pie crust.
Put all ingredients except for the confectioner’s sugar in a mixing bowl and mix with an electric mixer until totally combined, scraping down the edges as needed.
Pour the mixture into the pie crust. Crimp the pie crust edges if you like, and put the pie on a rimmed baking pan (this will prevent any spillage from getting on your oven floor!).
Bake for 45 minutes or until the filling is firm along the sides (it might still be a little wiggly in the middle – that’s okay!) Check your crust after the pie has been in the oven for 30 minutes…if it is getting too brown you can pop on a pie crust shield.
Cool until just warm (and this pie is also awesome chilled, by the way). Right before you serve it, you can fancy it up by shaking on some confectioner’s sugar if you want. I do this by putting about ¼ or so in a fine mesh strainer and tapping the side of it so it showers down on the pie.
Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Notes

- Pie Crust: I always take the easy way and use a prepared pie crust, but you can also make your own if you like. I like to get all fancy with the crust edges, but you can also leave the edges alone and it will be just as delicious.

- Cocoa Powder: Look for this chocolate powder in the baking aisle.

- Evaporated Milk: This canned milk is also in the baking aisle (and be careful not to mix it up with condensed milk, which is usually right next to the evaporated milk in a very similar can. Sigh.

Find it online: https://www.framedcooks.com/chocolate-chess-pie-2/