Cold Chocolate Custard with Whipped Cream

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“That’s just too easy…that can’t be right.”

That was the first thought in my head when I started gathering ingredients for this recipe.  I have ghosts of economics professors past whispering into my ear, “If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.” And, this does sound too good to be …click to continue Cold Chocolate Custard with Whipped Cream

Thick and Chewy Chocolate Cookies

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I know I’m onto something when my daughter says a dessert is too chocolaty. That means it is just getting to that perfect, blissful, full on inappropriate place that I like. For the love of Pete, there are 16 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate in these cookies. And then there is cocoa on top of …click to continue Thick and Chewy Chocolate Cookies

Chocolate Pie with a Leaf Lard Crust

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I have been in a period of pie paralysis. I find pie crusts intimidating, really. That is why so many of my pies involve graham cracker crusts. But I am so in love with the idea of pie that I really want to be great at it. I want to spin around my kitchen …click to continue Chocolate Pie with a Leaf Lard Crust

Million Dollar Fudge

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If you never learn one other fact about Mamie Eisenhower, you need to know this. She brought with her to the White House a recipe for fudge made with marshmallow fluff that requires no candy thermometer. We have been making this for years and it is by far my favorite fudge recipe. It is …click to continue Million Dollar Fudge

Lily’s Classic Brownies

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Brownies brownies brownies…I like plain brownies. You are just not going to find a lot of iterations of brownies on The Meaning of Pie because when I go “crazy” with brownies I change from all purpose flour to cake flour. Woo-hoo!!! I like plain plain plain brownies. Sometimes I like them with pecans and …click to continue Lily’s Classic Brownies