Pie 11: Bev's Brownie Pie

When I read this title of a pie I was hooked without even reading the ingredients, who would not want a pie that had the word brownie in it, I mean come on… but I was curious of one thing who is Bev? Well Bev is the name of Ken Haedrich, the author’s, wife.  Apparently she has a real weakness for rich brownies. Call me sappy but I think that would be the coolest thing to have your hubby name a pie after you, to me that is a top honor. 

I had the privilege of making this pie with a dear friend of mine, Jessica Ihams. My family and her family got together at their house, as we made the pie the guys grilled out hamburgers. It was a great time; all I really did was the crust on this pie. Jessica did most of the filling and did this wonderfully. 

One thing I figured out after the fact was that this particular crust we were NOT supposes pre bake, all we needed to do was refrigerate the pie crust till the filling was ready. The crust was a Graham Cracker Crust, and I will say this is one of the easy crusts with little effort. Like I have said in many blogs before, it is crucial to read all the instructions FIRST then start making the pie.  I know someday I will learn this lesson.

As for the filling it was pretty easy. I got to use my double boiler, which I love by the way, to melt the chocolate. The rest of the filling was pretty easy, I am glad Jessica had  standing mixer, because there was a lot of mixing to be done.  One interesting thing about this pie is that after we poured the filling it called for confectioners’ sugar to be put on top. Jessica and I both thought it would sink in the filling while baking. After taking the pie out of the oven the sugar was still on top.

After letting it sit out for about 45 minutes, we could not take it any longer we had to dig in.

Let me just tell you it was some brownie goodness. It was amazing; it tasted great with ice cream too! It was rich warm and like a dazzling brownie in a pie plate.

Hello Results: I loved to be able to use a double boiler that is a GREAT invention for sure.  I think we could have waiting a tad bit longer to cut into the pie, but it was just too hard to wait. Again it would be a great idea to read all the instructions before starting the pie. Now this would be a fabulous idea, someday I will learn, someday I will learn.  So yeah, 11 pies down and 289 to go!