January 29-Chocolate Chess Pie

It's another slow day, so here's a recipe for a REALLY good pie. I actually don't like nuts, but I used them and I still loved this. So here it is:

Single Pie Crust
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon cornmeal
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans
whipped cream (optional)

Preheat oven to 350. Prepare pastry for single-crust pie; set aside. For filling, in a large bowl, combine sugar, cocoa powder, cornmeal, flour and salt. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, butter and vanilla. Stir egg mixture into sugar mixture until smooth. Stir in pecans. Pour filling into pastry-lined pie plate. Bake about 1 hour or until filling is set and crust is golden. If crust begins to brown too fast, reduce oven temperature to 325 and cover edge of crust with foil. Cool pie on a wire rack. (Filling will fall slightly during cooling.) Chill within 2 hours. If desired, serve with whipped cream. Makes 8 to 10 servings.
Make ahead tip: cover and chill cooled pie for up to 24 hours.

I actually don't remember the website I got this from, but if I remember, I'll credit it later.

*edited to add: I finally found out I got this recipe from the Better Home and Garden website.