Shelly's Recipe

SWEETHEART FUDGE PIE

Category: Pies - Miscellaneous

1/2 cup butter, softened
3 eggs
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 (12 oz) pkg semisweet chocolate morsels, melted
2 tsp instant coffee powder
1 tsp rum extract
1/2 cup flour
1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
1 unbaked 9 inch pie shell
1/2 cup whipping cream or Cool Whip
Maraschino cherries

Cream butter; gradually add brown sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add melted chocolate, coffee powder and rum extract, mixing well. Stir in flour and walnuts. Pour mixture into prepared shell. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes; cool completely on wire rack. Chill. Before serving, arrange whipped cream on top and garnish with cherries.