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Ingredients of Chocolate Cream Pie
- 🢂 of Crust:.
- 🢂 16 oz of unsalted butter chilled 1/2 in cubes.
- 🢂 1/4 cup of Light brown sugar.
- 🢂 2 1/4 cup of crushed chocolate wafers or choc. teddy grahams..
- 🢂 of Filling.
- 🢂 3 1/2 cup of half and half.
- 🢂 2/3 cup of white sugar.
- 🢂 1/4 cup of corn starch.
- 🢂 9 of egg yolks.
- 🢂 1 cup of semisweet choc. finely xhoppwd.
- 🢂 1/4 cup of unsweetened choc. finely chopped.
- 🢂 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
- 🢂 of Whipped topping:.
- 🢂 2 cup of Heavy whipping cream.
- 🢂 2 tbsp of confectionera sugar.
- 🢂 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
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step by step Chocolate Cream Pie
- Grease bottom and sides of a 9" glass pie plate with butter; set aside. Heat 8 tbsp. butter and brown sugar in a 1-qt. saucepan until sugar dissolves. Transfer butter mixture to a medium bowl; stir in ground wafers. Transfer mixture to pie plate; press into bottom and sides, using the bottom of a measuring cup to compress crust. Refrigerate for 20 minutes. Bake at 350 or 12 min until set; let cool..
- Heat half-and-half in a 4-qt. saucepan over medium-high heat until it just begins to simmer; remove pan from heat..
- In a large bowl, whisk together 2?3 cup sugar and cornstarch; add egg yolks and whisk until smooth..
- Drizzle half-and-half into egg yolk mixture, whisking constantly, until smooth..
- Return mixture to saucepan; heat over medium heat. Cook, stirring often, until bubbles rise to the surface and mixture is very thick, 3?4 minutes..
- Remove pan from heat and add remaining butter and chocolates in small batches, whisking until smooth; stir in 1 1?2 tsp. vanilla..
- Set a sieve over a medium bowl and strain chocolate mixture. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing plastic onto surface; refrigerate until set, about 4 hours..
- Remove plastic wrap from chocolate filling and, using a rubber spatula, stir mixture until smooth. Spoon mixture into reserved crust, forming a dome, and smooth surface with the spatula..
- Whipped Topping: In a large bowl, whisk confectioners sugar, vanilla, and whipping cream until stiff peaks form; spread on top of filling, forming a dome. Add chocolate sprinkles to top. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve..
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