Nell Odom's Black Bayou Mud Pie Recipe

Ingredients:

1 stick butter (not margarine)
2 oz. baking chocolate (or 4 tablespoons cocoa)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour (not self-rising)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 large eggs
pie crust

Melt butter and chocolate (or cocoa) in a 2-quart saucepan. Add sugar, flour, and vanilla. Stir until well blended, and add eggs. Pour into a regular 9-inch pie crust (not deep dish) that has been partially baked. Bake at 325 degrees for 20-22 minutes.

For extra flavor in your pie crust, start by melting your butter in your (empty) pie pan; then pour the melted butter into the saucepan and follow the directions from there. A store-bought pie crust is just fine.

Nell Odom is one of the founding members of Friends of Black Bayou (FoBB). Her pies have become trademark components of our Black Bayou Lake Refuge events, especially our Fall Celebrations (held every fall since our founding in August 1997). Nell regularly bakes 25 pies for each event and has given pies to such visiting dignitaries as Senator John Breaux.