CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE IN A GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST

By LisaRich

Ingredients

• Crust:
• Ingredients
• 40 graham crackers (10 full cracker sheets)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter or stick margarine, melted
• 1 large egg white
• Cooking spray
• FILLING:
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 2 Cups Whole Milk
• 3 Beaten Egg Yolks
• 2 Tbsp Butter
• 2 1oz Squares unsweetened Chocolate
• 1/3 Cup Flour
• 1 tsp Vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°.

To prepare crust, place crackers in a food processor; process until crumbly. Add 2 tablespoons sugar, butter, and egg white; pulse 6 times or just until moist. Press crumb mixture into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 8 minutes; cool on a wire rack 15 minutes.

Filling:
Combine sugar, flour and salt in a medium saucepan. Stir in milk and chocolate. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens. Cook 2 more minutes. Remove from heat.
Stir small amount of chocolate mixture into eggs yolks. Return to hot mixture and cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat, add vanilla and butter.
Pour into pie crust.
cover with waxed paper, will thicken more as it cools.

Top with whipped cream!