Chocolate Layer Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups finely crushed chocolate cookies
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/3 cup melted butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 (8 ounce) container whipped topping, divided
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 2 egg yolks
• 4 ounces german sweet chocolate, chopped
• chocolate shavings (to garnish)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 combine cookie crumbs, 3 tbs sugar and melted butter.
• 2 press firmly into 9 inch pie plate covering bottom and sides evenly.
• 3 bake at 350° f for 10 minutes.
• 4 in a medium sized bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, and 1 tbs milk in large bowl until smooth.
• 5 gently stir in 1/2 of the whipped topping.
• 6 spread on bottom of baked crust.
• 7 in a medium saucepan, combine the 1/3 cup sugar and the cornstarch.
• 8 stir in the milk, chocolate, and 1 tablespoon butter.
• 9 cook on medium stirring constantly until thickened and bubbling.
• 10 reduce heat; cook and stir 2 additional minutes.
• 11 remove 1 cup of mixture from pan.
• 12 gradually stir the 1 cup of mixture into egg yolks.
• 13 return mixture to saucepan; bring to boil.
• 14 cook, stirring constantly for 2 additional minutes.
• 15 stir in vanilla.
• 16 set pudding aside to cool for a few minutes.
• 17 turn pie filling into pie pan on top of the cream cheese layer.
• 18 refrigerate for 4 hours or until set.
• 19 just before serving spread remaining whipped toping over pudding layer, and garnish with shaved chocolate.