Brownie Pie

Name: Brownie Pie
Yield: makes one 9-inch pie
Ingredients: 1/2 recipe Plain Pie Pastry (page 17) or Vinegar Pie Crust (page 19); 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 3 eggs; 1/2 cup sugar; 3/4 cup dark corn syrup; 1 cup chopped pecans

January 24, 2012

Aaron DiGrassie (Mrs. Rowe’s grandson) picked up this fabulous, off beat recipe when he worked at Ford’s Colony in Williamsburg, Virginia. Now a new father and the restaurant’s general manager, Aaron has come a long way since the day when he first started working in his grandmother’s restaurant business. At the age of ten, the ambitious boy made and sold pie boxes for 10 cents each.

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