Decadent Double-Chocolate Cream Pie
Paula Deen

Decadent Double-Chocolate Cream Pie

The only thing better than a chocolate cream pie is one in a wonderful chocolate cookie crumb crust. If a person has a craving for chocolate, I don’t see the point of going halfway, y’all.

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS

  • Butter
  • Chocolate curls
  • chocolate wafer crumbs
  • cold butter
  • Cornstarch
  • Egg
  • Egg yolks
  • heavy cream
  • semisweet chocolate
  • sugar
  • teaspoon
  • unsweetened cocoa powder
  • Vanilla Extract
  • Whole milk

Directions

DIRECTIONS

  1. Makes 8 - 10 servings
  2. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  3. To make the crust: In a medium bowl, combine the cookie crumbs, melted butter, and sugar
  4. To make the filling: In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, cocoa, and salt.
  5. In a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan, bring the remaining 1 1/2 cups milk to a boil over medium high
  6. Pour the filling into the cooled piecrust and smooth the surface with a small spatula. Cover
  7. Place the pie in the fridge until thoroughly cooled and set, about 2 hours.
  8. Just before serving, make the topping: In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk
  9. Tips.
  10. From PAULA DEEN'S SOUTHERN COOKING BIBLE. Copyright © 2011 by Paula Deen. Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc. Reprinted with permission.