By Kevin Williams
This is a really good pie. Aster and I whipped it up the other day and she gave it rave reviews and so did I. It's a light pie. It almost remembers me of a chocolate sugar cream pie. It has a light, fluffy flavor and texture. You probably could get away with adding more chocolate to it than we did. The recipe calls for a 1 /2 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips, but I think you could do 3 /4 and the pie would probably be perfect. I also just threw in a few white chocolate chips and that added a nice touch.
This is a classic Amish pie: light, creamy, and easy to make from ingredients you probably already have in your pantry. So if you are looking for a quick dessert, this is a good one. Be sure to top your pie with either homemade whipping cream or just the stuff from a can (that is what we did). You can "cheat" and use a pre-made pie shell, but Aster and I did the easy pat-a-pan crust which, really, takes about 5 minutes to make, not kidding, easy, easy homemade crust. Here are some of our photos:
We made our own "pat a pan' pie crust
Melting the chocolate chips and all the other goodies.
Makes a dark pie, creamy, slices well...
Top with whipped cream and enjoy the chocolate dream!
- 3 /4 cup sugar
- 1 /3 cup flour
- 1 /4 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups of milk
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 /2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 pre-baked 9 inch pie crust
- In a saucepan, mix sugar, flour, and salt. Add 1 cup of milk, mix until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring briskly. Continue to stir and boil until smoothly thickened. Remove from heat. Beat eggs with remaining cup of milk. Gradually stir into hot mixture. Then put back over heat. Bring to a boil, stir until mixture thickens more. Remove from heat. Stir in butter, chocolate chips, and vanilla. Blend until chocolate is melted. Pour into pie shell and chill.
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