Mississippi Mud Pie

On top of working with the Lee Brothers last week, which was the best experience ever, I also moved.  As all of you know, moving is not fun- at all!  However, I now have a much bigger kitchen, and I also got some old Pyrex mixing bowls from ebay.com which are fantastic.  My son asked me whether I was more excited about the new house or my new mixing bowls.  The house wins by a slim margin.  As a treat for all of my hard work this weekend during the move, I decided on chocolate. Nothing quite beats it- except for maybe cheese- but those are two totally different categories.  I found this old recipe for Mississippi Mud Pie, and it is delicious!

Mississippi Mud Pie

Use a chocolate or vanilla cookie crust, or a graham cracker crust, to make this Mississippi mud pie
(I used chocolate- so good).

Ingredients:

1/4 lb. butter, 1 stick
2 (1 oz. each) squares unsweetened chocolate
3 eggs
3 tablespoons white corn syrup
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
9 inch graham cracker, chocolate or vanilla wafer pie shell

Preparation:

In a saucepan, heat butter and chocolate, stirring often, until melted and well  blended. 
Beat eggs; stir in the corn syrup, sugar and vanilla. 
Add the chocolate mixture to egg and sugar mixture, stirring well. 
Preheat oven to 350°.  Pour filling into prepared pie shell. 
Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until top is slightly crunchy and filling is set.
Serve  warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or dollop of whipped cream.