Best Pi Day Recipe: Chocolate Midnight Pie – Death Wish Coffee

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt, heaping
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut into pats
• 1/4 teaspoon espresso powder or Instant Coffee, optional but good
• 3 to 5 tablespoons milk or cream, half and half, light, heavy or whipping
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 large eggs
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 2 tablespoons strong brewed coffee or coffee liqueur (i.e., Kahlua)
• 1 tablespoon cold milk or cream, half and half, light, heavy or whipping
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon espresso powder or instant coffee, optional for depth of flavor
• 2 tablespoons yellow or white cornmeal
• 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips or bittersweet chocolate chips