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Today I'm going to show you how
to make one of my favorite pies, a chocolate cream pie.
It has an Oreo crust and a creamy chocolate filling
with whipped cream topping, it is my favorite,
you're not going to want to miss it.
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Chocolate cream pie is really,
really easy to make at home with all homemade ingredients.
We're going to make our own Oreo crust recipe using Oreos
and butter, and it tastes way better than the one
that you buy the store.
The chocolate filling recipe is sweetened condensed milk
and melted chocolate and fresh whipped cream,
and the whole thing is going to be topped
with a fresh whipped cream,
a sweetened whipped cream topping, it's delicious.
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to subscribe to my channel, now let's get in the kitchen.
We're going to start our pie by making our Oreo crust,
now you can just buy one at the store
but I promise mine tastes way better.
Start by adding 25 Oreo cookies,
the entire Oreo, I don't take out the filling,
add those to a food processor
and pulse several times until it's nice and fine.
Then add the crumbs to five tablespoons of melted butter.
Stir those with a fork, I much prefer using a fork
to a spoon because I fee like I makes it nice and sandier,
instead of compacting it.
Then press your crumbs into a nine inch pan.
This makes a nice thick crust that you're going to love.
We're going to chill the pie crust while
we are making the filling.
Now to make the filling
you're going to start off with four ounces
of unsweetened baking chocolate.
I'm just going to chop this,
give it a rough chop before I add it
to a microwave safe bowl and heat it in the microwave
on 50% power, 30 second increments,
I'm going to stir between each one until it's melted
and smooth, which will take about a minute
and 1/2 to two minutes.
Now if you only semisweet chocolate you can use that too.
Once our chocolate is melted and smooth
you're going to stir in one 14 ounce can
of sweetened condensed milk.
Make sure to get the regular sweetened condensed milk,
not the fat free.
Fat free will make the pie not set up.
Now another really important note,
once the mixture, the chocolate mixture is mixed together,
make sure and set it aside to make your whipped cream.
You want that chocolate mixture
to sit for at least five minutes so
that it can cool so it doesn't melt the whipped cream.
The whipped cream is super easy to make,
just add two cups of heavy whipping cream
to a really large bowl.
You can also use a stand mixer if you want.
And you're going to beat that on high speed,
adding 1/4 cup of powdered sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla.
Whip that until stiff peaks form.
Now make sure that you're using heavy whipping cream
because the fat content will make it whip up
to stiffer peaks than regular whipping cream.
Make sure that you whip the cream until stiff peaks form.
Once you have your whipped cream, divide it in half.
You're going to add half into the chocolate mixture
and set the other half aside
'cause that's what we're going to use to top our pie.
Now it's really important when
you're mixing the whipped cream into the chocolate mixture,
you want to fold it.
You don't want to stir it, you don't want to mix it,
fold it carefully and slowly.
It's going to seem like it never is going to come together
because that chocolate mixture is pretty thick,
but it will mix together into a nice,
rich, chocolatey filling for this pie.
If you mix the whipping cream too fast
you will break it, causing the pie to not set up.
So make sure that you're folding it carefully.
Once you have the chocolate mixture,
just add it to your pie crust.
And then top it with the rest of the fresh whipped cream,
and then I'm just using an extra square
of chocolate and I'm going to use my Microplane
and I'm going to grate it all over the top.
You could dust it with cocoa
or make some chocolate swirls, or just leave it plain.
Now you're going to chill this
for at least two hours for it to set up before
you try to slice it.
Our chocolate cream pie has been chilling in the fridge
for a couple of hours, let's slice and taste it.
It is so delicious, that rich chocolate filling
and the whipped cream, and that cookie crust,
I swear if you have never made
your own Oreo cookie crust you need to try it.
It's so easy and it adds so much flavor,
so much better than the one at the store.
This chocolate cream pie is going
to go fast, I'm going to have to rehome it
so I don't just attack it with a fork.
I'm going to go find someone to give this pie to,
you keep watching for more delicious pie recipes.
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