Heart of Home Recipe: Bourbon Chocolate Chunk Pecan Pie

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To make this beauty you will need the following...

Preheat oven to 350F
 
 1 3/4 cup of all purpose flour (chilled)
1/2 cup butter or shortening (chilled)
1 pinch of salt
1 pinch of sugar

Using a large glass bowl, add flour. Cutting the butter into fine pieces, rub into flour until small crumbs form. Add salt and sugar, combine. Using iced water, add water until pie dough pulls away from the side of the bowl. Turn out on a floured surface and with liberally floured hands, roll into a ball. Coat your rolling pin in flour and roll out dough. Prick the bottom of the dough with a fork across the surface.

Set pie crust in fridge and make filling.
6oz of pecans (halved)
2oz of almond (sliced)
2oz of Benchmark brown sugar bourbon
2 TBSP of brown sugar

1/2 cup of dark corn syrup
1 cup brown sugar
2 TBSP melted butter
3 eggs
1 tsp of vanilla extract

1 cup dark chocolate chips

*Combine nuts, bourbon and brown sugar. Set aside, covered and in a warm place. 

* Combine corn syrup, sugar, vanilla and butter until creamy. Add eggs in one at a time, incorporating fully before adding the next. Pour into pie crust.

*Add dark chocolate chips to bourbon mixed and fold in.

*Using a slotted spoon, add nut mixture gently until you have covered the entire surface of the pie.

* Bake for 55-65 minutes or until set.

*Cool for two hours in fridge.

*Bring to room temperature before serving. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.