FIRST CHRISTMAS RECIPE!

This is from Southern Living magazine. It is from a flyer advertising their Christmas cook book. I think I gained several pounds just reading it. Read at your own risk! LOL

Alabama Chocolate-Pecan Jumbo Christmas Fudge Pie

First you assemble:
1-1/4 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
1/3 cup butter , melted
1/2 cup butter , softened
3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
3 large eggs
2 cups (12 oz) semisweet chocolate morsels, melted
1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans
Garnishes: vanilla ice cream. fudge topping

Combine chocolate crumbs and 1/3 cup melted butter, mixing well. Press into bottom and up sides of an ungreased 9" pieplate. Bake at 350 for 6 to 8 minutes.

Beat 1/2 cup butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add brown sugar, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in melted chocolate and next 4 ingredients. Pour filling into prepared crust.

Bake at 375 for 25 minutes; cool completely on a wire rack.

Garnish each piece with vanilla ice cream and fudge topping.