Creamy Vanilla Pie Recipe
- Cook Time: 1 Hour, 50 Minutes
- Yield: 8 servings
- Top with fresh fruit or a raspberry sauce.
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 prepared chocolate cookie crumb pie crust
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp milk
- 2 oz semi-sweet chocolate
Filling
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 cup heavy cream
- 2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
- 1/2 cup milk
Directions
- Melt chocolate and butter in small saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally until melted. Stir in milk until smooth. Pour into bottom of pie crust.
- Combine gelatin and cold water in a small bowl, mixing well. Let rest 5 minutes. Heat milk, sugar, salt and gelatin mixture in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring until sugar and gelatin have dissolved. Do NOT boil. Remove from heat. Refrigerate until cool and the consistency of syrup, about 30 minutes.
- Beat cream and vanilla extract in a large bowl with electric mixer until stiff. Pour gelatin mixture over cream and fold in until well blended. Pour into pie crust. Refrigerate at least 1 hour until pie is firm.
- Recipe note: double the chocolate mixture, reserving half to drizzle over the top of the pie (reheat if necessary).
