I should probably rename it "Bake Sale Miracle Pie" in recognition of the frequency of times I sent these pies to my kids school bake sales. It takes no more than 5 minutes to toss in one bowl and the ingredients are always on hand, so midnight baking wasn't unusual. The bake sale days are long over and now we are watching sodium. I realized that it just happens to be naturally low in sodium at 45mg per each of 6 slices if you leave out the salt, or 145mg if you include it. I always do, because salt does something wonderful to chocolate. Coffee makes chocolate 'pop' too, so this rich pie is doubly delicious.
Here goes: Melt 1 stick unsalted butter and pour the hot butter over 1 c. semisweet chocolate chips and stir til melted and well mixed. Then add 2 beaten eggs, 1/3 c flour, 1/2 c. brown sugar, 1/2c white sugar, 1 tsp dry instant coffee granules, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/4 tsp kosher salt ( optional), and 1 c chopped walnuts or pecans. Pour into an unbaked pie crust and bake in a preheated 350 oven for about 30- 35 minutes. The top will be shiny and set. Cool for at least an hour before cutting & serving. If you'd like to serve it warm, let it cool completely first and later nuke individual slices for 15 seconds before serving. Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream are traditional, but I will understand completely if Graeter's strawberry chocolate chip ice cream shows up instead.
