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Makes 1 pie Prep time: 20 minutes Chill time: 2 hours to overnight1 recipe Classic CRISCO Pie Crust 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 cups whole milk 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten 2 squares (1 ounce each) unsweetened chocolate 1 tablespoon Butter Flavor Crisco all-vegetable shortening or 1 tablespoon Butter Flavor Crisco stick 1 teaspoon vanilla Optional Garnish Sweetened whipped cream 8 maraschino cherries Finely grated chocolate Prepare and bake Classic Crisco Pie Crust; cool. Set aside. In 2-quart saucepan combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Blend in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens. Remove from heat. Blend small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks. Blend back into hot mixture, stirring to combine. Cook and stir over low heat until mixture boils. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add chocolate, Butter Flavor Crisco and vanilla. Stir until chocolate melts. Pour into prepared pie crust. Refrigerate until completely cool and up to overnight. Optional Garnish Pipe 8 "rosettes" or sweetened whipped cream evenly spaced around edge of pie. Place a well-drained maraschino cherry on each rosette. Sprinkle each rosette with finely grated chocolate. Serve. |
