Categories: Dessert

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
• 2 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tbsp bourbon
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 purchased frozen 9-inch pie crust
• whipped cream

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325F. Place baking sheet in oven. Stir butter and chocolate in heavy small saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat; cool 10 minutes.

2. Whisk sugar and eggs in medium bowl to blend. Whisk in chocolate mixture, then bourbon, vanilla and salt. Stir in pecans (filling will be thick). Spoon filling into crust.

3. Place pie on baking sheet in oven. Bake until edges of filling puff and begin to crack and center is just set, about 30 minutes. Transfer pie to rack and cool completely. Serve with whipped cream.

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