INGREDIENTS
!Crust
1 1/2 cups
flour
5
Tbls. unsweetened cocoa powder (not sweetened hot chocolate mix)
1/4 tsp
kosher salt
10
Tbls. butter, diced and softened
1/2 cup
+ 2 Tbls. confectioner's sugar
2
egg yolks
1/2 tsp
vanilla
!Filling
1/4 cup
flour
2 tsp
pumpkin pie spice
1
Tbls. cognac
1 15 ounce can
100% pure pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie filling)
24 oz
cream cheese (that's 3 8-oz. bricks), at room temperature
1 3/4 cups
dark brown sugar
4
eggs