Best Paula Jeans Extreme Chocolate Pie Recipes

CHOCOLATE CHIP PIE (THE DEEN BROTHERS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; grease two 9-inch pie plates; set aside.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until incorporated.
• Beat in the vanilla.
• Add flour mixture, a little at a time, and mix until fully combined.
• Fold in the 3 cups chocolate chips and, if desired, the walnuts.
• Divide the dough between the prepared pie plates and smooth the tops with a spatula.
• Bake about 30 minutes or until pies are golden and slightly firm to the touch but still soft. If the pies begin to darken too much before they are baked through, cover with foil and continue baking.
• Let pies cool completely on a wire rack.
• While the pies cool, whip the cream until soft peaks form (tips curl).
• Add the confectioners' sugar and whip until just combined.
• Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Refrigerate whipped cream until ready to use.
• Spread the whipped cream over the pies and serve.

PAULA DEEN'S CHOCOLATE ALMOND PIE

Steps:

• Melt marshmallows and candy bars in milk in a double boiler.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool, and add vanilla.
• If using whipped cream, whip until set.
• Combine whipped cream/Cool Whip thoroughly, and pour into prepared crust and chill.
• Delicious with a dollop or whipped cream.

PAULA DEEN'S RICH CHOCOLATE MERINGUE PIE RECIPE - (3.9/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. In a large heavy saucepan, combine flour, cocoa, and sugar. Stir in milk and egg yolks. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wire whisk, until mixture comes to a boil. Boil for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Pour mixture into prepared piecrust. Using the back of a spoon, spread meringue (recipe below) over hot filling, sealing to edge of pie crust. Bake for 23 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Sift cocoa over the top of the pie if desired. Store in refrigerator. MILE-HIGH MERINGUE: Separate a cold egg by transferring the yolk between the broken halves and letting the white drip into a small bowl. Transfer the white into a metal or glass mixing bowl. Separate the next egg over the small bowl as well-not over the mixing bowl. This way, if some of the yolk gets in the white, then you have lost only one egg. Let egg whites come to room temperature. Beat the egg whites at the mixer's top speed until the mixture looks like sea form on a beach. Add cream of tartar to the foam to help stabilize the meringue. Keep beating egg whites at high speed until they reach soft peaks. When you lift the beaters from the beaten egg whites, the peaks will stand up straight and then fall over. Add the sugar gradually, about a tablespoon at a time, all while beating at a high speed. When you lift the beaters, the meringue pulls into pointy peaks that stay that way. At this stage, add the vanilla, and beat just long enough to mix it in.

PAULA JEAN'S EXTREME CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• 1. Crust: Combine melted butter, graham cracker crumbs and 1/4 c. sugar in a bowl. Mix and press into a 9-inch pie pan and bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes. Set aside to cool while making filling.
• 2. Filling: Simmer the half & Half, salt & 3 T. sugar over medium high heat, stirring. Whisk the egg yolks in a bowl until thickened; add the cornstarch and the remaining sugar and continue whisking about a minute.
• 3. Drizzle 1/4 c. of the cream mixture into the yolk mixture to temper the eggs. Add another 1/4 c. and continue to stir. Return the yolk mixture to the saucepan with the cream mixture, whisking, until thick. Bubble will begin to appear and pop on the surface-then stir and cook a few seconds longer. Remove from heat and whisk in butter, chocolates and vanilla.
• 4. Pour into crust and chill overnight before serving with whipped cream (recipe follows)
• 5. Whip the cream with a mixer, add the sugar and vanilla and whip until soft peaks form.