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Of course I made a pie on 3-14-15!

Not everything I make needs to take hours. If you need a quick pie, that really is (mostly) homemade, here’s a great one. Best of all, it’s done in about 45 minutes, not including cooling time.

Ingredients

2 – 8oz blocks cream cheese, softened/room temp
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tablespoon of vanilla
4 oz of semi-sweet chocolate (chocolate chips or broken chocolate bar, such as Ghirardelli’s baking bars)
3 tablespoons strong coffee
1 Chocolate Cookie Crust (I used Oreo, of course)
For Garnish: Whipped topping (such as cool whip or whipped cream) and mini chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep the 3 tablespoons strong coffee. I think the instant coffee packets are SUPER convenient, because you can mix them with half the water to make it extra strong, and they mix fine with just hot tap water. Too easy!
2. In a small bowl, combine the chocolate with 3 tablespoons of coffee. Microwave to melt (if your microwave has a “melt” setting), otherwise use no more than 50% power to melt, stopping every 30 seconds or so to stir. (Note: you can also use the double-boiler method, but I was all about “quickness” in this recipe). Pouring the hot coffee over the chocolate helps start the melting process, but stop and mix halfway through to make sure it doesn’t burn!
3. Set melted coffee/chocolate aside.  Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar until well blended.
4. Mix in, at medium speed with an electric hand mixer, eggs and vanilla until smooth
5. Add the melted coffee/chocolate mix and beat just until blended
6. Pour into the ready-made cookie crust, and smooth to an even layer
7. Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes

Cool on a wire rack for an hour, then continue cooling in the refrigerator. Serve chilled, with whipped topping and chocolate chip garnish.

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This recipe is considered a hit in my book, as my husband actually said “it’s really, really good”.