Today on The Stay At Home Chef
I'm showing you how to make the ultimate Mississippi Mud Pie.
This dessert is rich and fudgey and decadent.
The Little Pie Company in New York makes the best Mississippi mud pie I've ever had,
so I decided we needed to make a copycat recipe that you can easily make at home.
To start you'll want to preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit,
and then you'll need 1 cup of crushed chocolate graham crackers,
or you can use any other similar dry chocolate biscuit.
You just want to make sure that you crush them up nice and finely.
Add 1 cup to a bowl along with 5 tablespoons of melted, salted butter.
You want that salt in there to enhance the flavor of the chocolate.
Toss this together to moisten all of those crumbs,
and then we'll transfer these to the bottom of a standard 9 inch pie plate,
you don't want to use a deep dish for that.
You want the standard height.
Get in there and press this down with your fingers,
press it into the edges and up the side to form a crust.
Then we're gonna bake this in the preheated 375 degree oven for about 7 minutes.
While the crust is baking I'm going to make the fudgey cake filling.
This is a cross between a brownie and an Italian chocolate cake, and it is so decadent and divine.
You'll need a medium to large microwave safe bowl.
You want to add in 3/4 of a cup of salted butter,
and 8 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate chips,
which is about 1 cup.
And then we're going to microwave this on high in 30 second increments until it's nice and melted.
Use a rubber spatula to give it a stir every 30 seconds until smooth.
Once that chocolate is smooth and melty, grab a hand mixer and we're gonna mix in 1 cup of granulated sugar,
3/4 of a cup of unsweetened cocoa powder,
3 tablespoons of all-purpose flour,
then this is optional, but you can also add in 1 teaspoon of instant espresso powder,
which enhances the flavor and brings out those dark tones in the chocolate.
You'll also need 4 large eggs,
and 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract,
and mix this altogether.
You want to mix it until just combined so that there's no more lumps.
Be sure to stop and scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl so everything gets mixed in.
Now at this point your crust should be done, so pull it out of the oven,
then we'll place that on a hot pad for just a second,
and then pour that fudgey goodness right into our pie shell.
You can use your rubber spatula to gently press it down towards the edges,
just be careful so that you don't destroy your crust.
Next we're gonna make a quick chocolate streusel that goes on top,
and let me tell you, this really takes this Mississippi mud pie to the next level.
You'll need 1/2 cup of brown sugar,
1/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder,
and 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour.
I'm gonna give this a quick stir with my pastry cutter since I'm gonna use it next to cut in some butter,
or you could just use a spoon or a fork.
Then you'll need 1/4 cup of cubed salted butter, and you want this to be cold.
Then use a pastry cutter or a food processor to cut this in.
Oh, man! I'm spilling a lot today!
If you don't have a pastry cutter or a food processor you can use 2 knives and slide them together to cut the butter in.
Keep on going until it looks like there are small pebbles in your mixture or it even resembles coarse sand.
Now you could add it on just like this,
but the little pie company, who inspired this recipe,
adds in brownies to create a brownie streusel.
But I have some other options for you as well.
You can purchase little brownie bites at the grocery store and dice those up,
you'll need about oh 1/2 a cup to 1 cup,
or you can chop of some of those chocolate graham crackers that we used earlier for our crust,
then sometimes you can even find brownie bites as ice cream toppings,
This one is found in the frozen section and includes cookie dough,
but honestly that sounds really good.
The graham crackers are probably the most convenient option because you're already using them in the recipe,
but really you can't go wrong with whatever you choose.
The last time I used graham crackers,
this time I already have these brownie pieces chopped up, so I'm going to use them.
Give this a quick stir to mix those pieces in and then spoon this right over the top of that fudgey cake layer.
Then we're going to pop this back into the 375 degree oven for 25-30 minutes.
While your mud pie is baking there is one last component that will go on top,
which is a simple chocolate ganache for a glaze.
You'll need 3 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate chips, which is about 1/3 of a cup,
then you're gonna pour over 3 ounces of heavy cream, which is about 1/3 of a cup,
and you want this to be hot,
so you can bring it to a simmer on the stove or in the microwave.
In a microwave it takes roughly 1 minute to bring cream to a simmer in that quantity,
you'll want to let this sit for about 2 minutes to allow the heat from the cream to melt the chocolate chips.
After it's had a chance to melt, use a rubber spatula to stir it together until smooth.
It looks like of creamy at first but just keep stirring until it gets that solid brown, decadent looking chocolate.
See how fast that comes together?
Then we'll set this aside and go check on our pie.
Now unlike traditional cakes, this cake should still feel a bit soft and jiggly in the center.
So go by time on this and not necessarily feel.
Pull this out of the oven and finish it off by drizzling the ganache right over the top of the pie while it's still warm.
Let the pie cool for at least 15 minutes before you attempt to slice and serve.
This is really good served up top with some freshly whipped cream or some vanilla ice cream.
This can also easily be made ahead.
You can store it in the fridge and then when you're ready to serve simply warm it up in a 300 degree oven for about 10 minutes.
Thanks for watching.
You can find the full written recipe in the video description.
Be sure to subscribe, like, and follow, and check out the rest of my videos,
where you can find hundreds of restaurant quality recipes
you can easily make at home.
We'll see you later.