HOT FUDGE PIE

1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a pie pan.

Dissolve butter, flour and cocoa in sauce pan over low heat.

Remove sauce pan from heat and add eggs, sugar and vanilla, then stir. Pour into a prepared pie pan.

Bake for thirty minutes in a 350-degree oven. Allow the pie to cool just enough to hold its shape when serving.

Serve warm with ice cream.

Source: The Orchard House at Boxerwood Gardens Bed and Breakfast Inn, Lexington, Virginia