Spiced Cocoa Buttermilk Pie
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 6
 
Adapted from Food and Wine but heavily
Ingredients
  • 1 pie crust (lazy person tips on a fluted pie crust: make it in a fluted tart pan)
  • 2 eggs plus 1 egg yolk
  • 1¼ cups sugar
  • 6 Tablespoons butter, melted
  • 2 Tablespoons flour
  • 1 Tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prick the pie crust with a fork and blind bake for 10 minutes, or until just starting to color.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar. Add the butter, flour, cocoa, spices, and buttermilk and stir until combined.
  3. Pour into the prepared pie crust and bake at 350 for 25 minutes. The pie should still have a but of wobble, but will set as it cools.
Recipe by The Domestic Front at http://www.thedomesticfront.com/spiced-cocoa-buttermilk-pie/