Candy Recipes
Snickers Pie
Yield: 12 to 16 servings
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 cups Graham cracker crumbs
- 4 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
Fudge Layer
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups (about 8 1/2 ounces) 1/2 inch pieces of Snickers bars
Cream Cheese Layer
- 10 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Topping
- 2 ounces milk chocolate, chopped
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
Crust
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9 inch deep-dish glass pie pan.
- Combine crumbs and brown sugar in a mixing bowl. Add melted butter, stirring until well incorporated. Press mixture evenly onto the bottom and up the sides of prepared pan.
- Bake for 5 minutes, until crust is set. Transfer to a rack to cool.
- Keep the oven temperature at 350 degrees F.
Fudge Layer
- Combine butter, semisweet and unsweetened chocolates in the top of a double boiler; set over simmering water and stir until melted and smooth. Remove top insert and cool slightly.
- Sift together flour, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl.
- Using an electric mixer, beat together sugar, egg and egg yolk in a large bowl for 1 minute, until slightly thickened. Add vanilla and cooled chocolate mixture and mix until well blended. Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Pour into crust.
- Bake for about 15 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the center comes out with moist batter still attached. If crust browns too quickly, cover with foil.
- Transfer pan to a rack and let cool for 10 minutes.
- Evenly arrange Snickers bars over the top.
Cream Cheese Layer
- Using an electric mixer, beat together cream cheese and sugar in a mixing bowl until smooth. Add egg and vanilla extract and beat until smooth. Carefully spread mixture over the Snickers bars.
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until cream cheese is set.
- Transfer to a rack to cool.
Topping
- Combine chocolate and cream in the top of a double boiler. Set over simmering water and stir until chocolate is just melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Dip a spoon into mixture and drizzle decoratively over the pie.
- Refrigerate until well chilled. Serve cold.
- The pie may be prepared up to 3 days ahead. Cover loosely with foil and keep refrigerated.
Attribution
Posted by Annette 123 at Recipe Goldmine 7/22/01 7:49:46 am.