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Cool Summer Picnic Dessert: Double Chocolate Cream Pie

by linette on July 11th, 2008

Just in time for the heat of summer, here’s a wonderful cool dessert for you to take to your next cookout, summer picnic, or barbecue.

Double-Chocolate Cream Pie
This recipe was taken from Cooking Light Complete Cookbook: A Fresh New Way to Cook (Cooking Light)

Get twice the hit of chocolate with cocoa and semisweet chocolate.

Prep: 14 min. • Cook: 18 min. Other: 2 hr.

Crust:
1⁄2 (15-ounce) package refrigerated pie dough (such as Pillsbury) or Baked Piecrust (page 248)
Filling:
3⁄4 cup sugar
1⁄4    cup unsweetened cocoa
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1⁄8 teaspoon salt
    2    cups 1% low-fat milk
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 1⁄2 ounces semisweet chocolate, grated
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1⁄2 cups frozen fat-free whipped topping, thawed

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Prepare and bake piecrust in a 9-inch pie plate. Cool crust completely on a wire rack.
3. To prepare filling, combine sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, salt, and milk in a medium saucepan; stir well with a whisk.

Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly; cook 1 minute. Gradually add 1⁄3 cup hot milk mixture to egg, stirring constantly with a whisk.

Return egg mixture to pan. Cook 2 minutes or until egg mixture thickens, stirring constantly.

Remove from heat; add grated chocolate, stirring until chocolate melts and mixture is smooth. Stir in vanilla.

Spoon mixture into prepared crust. Cover surface of filling with plastic wrap. Chill until set (about 2 hours). Remove plastic wrap; spread whipped topping evenly over filling. Yield: 10 servings (serving size: 1 wedge).

CALORIES 271 (28% from fat); FAT 8.4g (sat 4g, mono 2.2g, poly 1.4g); PROTEIN 4.9g; CARB 43.9g; FIBER 1.1g; CHOL 32mg; IRON 1.1mg; SODIUM 151mg; CALC 66mg

If you’re looking for more summer desserts check out: 50 more Cool, Fun Summer Dessert Recipes

Recipe and photo courtesy of © Cooking Light Complete Cookbook, Oxmoor House

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