Chocolate Buttermilk Pie

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Sinful and sinfully easy to whip up! the chocolate adds a nice twist to the traditional buttermilk pie. recipe courtesy of sandra lee's semi-homemade cooking 2 cookbook.

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 325f.

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In a double boiler , melt the chocolate chips over a low heat , stir constantly until smooth.

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In a mixing bowl , whisk sugar , flour and salt to combine.

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In another mixing bowl , combine eggs , buttermilk and vanilla.

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Add sugar mixture and beat with a mixer until well combined.

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Pour the batter into the pie crust.

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Bake , on the middle oven rack , for 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes or until the pie is crisp on the top and / or inserted knife into center of pie comes out with just a little bit of moist chocolate.

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Cool.

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Refrigerate immediately if not eating pie until later or let pie stand at room temperature for 1 hour , prior to eating.

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Garnish with cool whip , if desired.

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Ingredients

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semi-sweet chocolate chips, sugar, flour, salt, eggs, buttermilk, vanilla extract, deep dish pie shells, cool whip