Chocolate Cream Pie With Cookie Crumb Crust

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups vanilla wafers, finely crushed (abt 34 cookies)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 5 tablespoons butter or 5 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups milk
• 3 egg yolks
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate squares
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350ºf.
• 2 have a 9 inch pie plate ready.
• 3 crust: mix cookie crumbs, sugar and vanilla in a bowl.
• 4 stir in melted butter until crumbs are evenly coated.
• 5 press evenly over bottom and up sides of pie plate.
• 6 bake 8 minutes or until set.
• 7 cool completely on a wire rack.
• 8 filling: mix sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt in a medium size saucepan.
• 9 whisk in 1 cup of the milk until smooth.
• 10 (make sure whisk reaches inside bottom edges of saucepan.) whisk in remaining 2 cups milk.
• 11 bring to a gentle boil and cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, 9-10 minutes until thick.
• 12 remove from heat.
• 13 whisk egg yolks in a medium size bowl.
• 14 whisking constantly, gradually add about 2 cups hot-milk mixture to yolks.
• 15 pour this back into saucepan and simmer 2 to 3 minutes, whisking constantly, until slightly thicker.
• 16 remove from heat.
• 17 add chocolate, butter and vanilla and stir until chocolate and butter melt.
• 18 pour into a bowl.
• 19 place plastic wrap or waxed paper directly on surface to prevent skin from forming.
• 20 let cool about 30 minutes.
• 21 stir filling, then pour into prepared crust.
• 22 cover as before and refrigerate until set, at least 2 hours or up to 3 days.
• 23 just before serving, garnish with whipped cream and sprinkle by stirring it through a strainer.