Joan’s Favorite Holiday Dessert: Pecan Caramel and Fudge Pie

Joan’s Favorite Holiday Dessert: Pecan Caramel and Fudge Pie

This is my new favorite holiday dessert! Takes ten minutes to make and it is soooooo good. Had it at a friends house a couple of weeks ago and she gave me the link. I've made it twice since :)

Make sure you thoroughly boil the caramel, and bake it long enough so it becomes nice and chewy when it's cold.

I used chocolate graham teddy bears from Whole Foods to make the crust. She uses the Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers. Vive la difference...

From http://www.epicurious.com/

Ingredients

For crust

1 1/2 cups chocolate wafer cookie crumbs (about 7 ounces)

5 tablespoons butter, melted

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

For filling

3/4 cup unsalted butter

3/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar

6 tablespoons light corn syrup

3 cups pecan halves (about 10 ounces)

3 tablespoons whipping cream

2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped

Preparation

Make crust:

Blend all ingredients in processor. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and up sides of 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Cover crust and freeze while preparing filling. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Keep frozen.)

Make filling:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine butter, brown sugar and corn syrup in heavy medium saucepan. Bring to boil, stirring often. Boil 1 minute. Stir in nuts and cream. Boil until mixture thickens slightly, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Add chocolate. Stir until chocolate melts and mixture is well blended.

Pour hot filling into crust. Using spoon, evenly distribute nuts. Bake until filling bubbles all over, about 10 minutes. Transfer pie to rack and cool