Wednesday, November 18, 2015

All-In-One Chocolate Pumpkin Pecan Pie!

By: The Food Hunter

The only thing better than having a pumpkin, pecan and chocolate pie on your holiday table is having one pie that combines all three. Which is exactly what I made for the Kerrygold  & King Arthur flour November pie challenge.



I took my favorite three holiday pie flavors and made them into one decadent dessert. I topped a chocolate crust with a creamy pumpkin pie and a layer of sticky praline like pecans. The result was out of this world delicious.

The idea of combing these three desserts has been on my mind for some time now and I'm glad this challenge finally gave me an excuse to make it a reality. There's no longer a need to make three separate pies to please your holiday guests. This one dessert does it all.



All -In-One Chocolate Pumpkin Pecan Pie

Chocolate Pie Crust
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour (I used King Arthur)
1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1/2 cup almond flour (I used King Arthur)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened (I used Kerrygold)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, almond flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.

In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar on medium speed until lift and fluffy, about 1 minute. Beat in the egg and vanilla and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Beat in the dry ingredients just enough to form a soft dough.

Scrape the dough not a large sheet of plastic wrap, press it into a disk, and wrap it tightly. Chill the dough until it is firm enough to roll, at least 2 hours or overnight.


Pumpkin filling
1 cup canned unsweetened pumpkin puree
2/3 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup (packed) light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
2 teaspoons dark rum
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10 inch pie plate.
Put all the ingredients in a food processor and pulse and process, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed, for 2 minutes. Leave the filling in the processor for the moment.


Pecan topping
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup light brown sugar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled (I used Kerrygold)
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup pecan halves, toasted

In a medium bowl, whisk all of the ingredients except the pecans together until smooth. Add Pecans.

To assemble pie
Roll out chocolate crust and place in prepared pie plate.

Pour the pumpkin filling into the prepared pie crust. Top evenly with the pecan mixture. Spread the pecans as evenly as possible.

Bake the pie for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees and bake for another 45 to 50 minutes, or until it is set and a thin knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Transfer the pie to a cooling rack.

22 comments:

  1. Oh man! All my favorite things in one pie!

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  2. Both of my favorite Thanksgiving pies in one! I love it!

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  3. Forget two birds with one stone... you've got three flavours with one pie! :)

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  4. Chocolate, pecan, pumpkin...who could you go wrong? This looks delicious!!

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  5. All-in-one, that's awesome, no need to make or buy individual pies!

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  6. Ok, I've had chocolate pecan pie but whoa, adding pumpkin is genius! Great idea on using the chocolate crust too!

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  7. Very clever. Why make 3 pies when you can make one? Who am I kidding? I always want 3 pies. But there is nothing stopping me from making 3 of these!

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  8. Don't you just love it when you decide to go crazy and throw ingredients & flavors together and it works??

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  9. Brilliant move to combine all three pie flavors into one! Who's got the time to make 3 separate pies anyway?!?!

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  10. A delicious Holiday Pie - the flavors of fall all in one delicious dessert.

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  11. Now that might actually get me to enjoy pumpkin pie ; ) Looks delicious.

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  12. This is sheer perfection for the holidays. I have some family members who would go crazy for this pie.

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  13. Aren't you smart! Everyone's favorites combined into one - what a fab idea!

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  14. I love pecan pie but have never had it with chocolate. I have a feeling I would LOVE it!

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  15. Oh, my gosh! Now I can just have one slice since you've combined 3 of my favorites!!!

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  16. This pie ticks all my boxes, delish!

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  17. Such a surprising, yet awesome, combination. I too have finally come around to using quality butters and see that it does make a difference!

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  18. Whoa!!! This is so much fun :) I'm sure everyone would love this at Thanksgiving.

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  19. You're a genius! I love this idea.

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  20. Yes - I want more chocolate in my pie. Waaannnntt!

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  21. This sounds yummy!! Thank you for sharing with us at the #HomeMattersParty

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