Chocolate Chess Pie

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• 4 eggs
• 1⁄4 cup cocoa powder
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 1⁄2 tbsp white cornmeal
• 1⁄4 tsp salt
• 1⁄4 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 1⁄2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1⁄4 pound melted butter
• 1 unbaked pie crust

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, sift dry ingredients together. In a separate bowl, beat eggs with mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs to the dry ingredients and mix until incorporated. Pour into pie shell. Bake 30 minutes.

Disclaimer: All our recipes were originally designed for much larger batch size. This recipe has been reduced – but not tested at this scale. Please adjust as to your taste and portion size.

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