Recipe: Fast Easy Chocolate Truffle Pie

From Denny: Bakers Chocolate of Kraft Foods often posts very easy simple and fast recipes and this one is no exception. This pie would be an awesome addition to the holiday table and it's never too soon to start thinking about and planning ahead for the holidays. Who wants to be stressed at the last minute trying to rack your brain for a new recipe to excite the crowd and you just don't have a lot of time to find the recipe let alone bake it? Recipes like this one are real life savers! :)

Chocolate Truffle Pie

From: Bakers Chocolate

Serves: 10

Prep Time: 15 min

Total Time: 50 min

Ingredients:

1-1/4 package (10 squares) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate

1/2 cup whipping cream

4 large eggs

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup flour

1 cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping (or real whipped cream)

Directions:

HEAT oven to 325°F. Microwave chocolate and cream in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min. or until chocolate is almost melted. Stir until completely melted. Cool.

WHISK in eggs, sugar and flour. Pour into greased 9-inch pie plate.

BAKE 35 min. or until edge of pie is puffed but center is still slightly soft; cool. Top with COOL WHIP.

Kraft Kitchen Tips for this recipe:


Size-Wise

A portion of this special-occasion dessert is all that is needed to provide big chocolate flavor.

Special Extra

To add a decorative powdered sugar garnish, place stencil on top of cooled pie. Use wire mesh sifter to sprinkle powdered sugar evenly over stencil. Carefully remove stencil to reveal the show-stopping garnish on pie.

Make Ahead

Cover cooled pie and freeze up to 1 week. Thaw in refrigerator before serving.

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Recipe: Chocolate-Dipped Coconut Macaroons

From Denny: OK, I'm a total foodie for macaroons, send me to some addict's group... :) One of the best flavor combinations on the planet is coconut and chocolate! Here's an easy quick recipe from the Kraft Foods folks that only requires a mere 7 ingredients.

Prep Time: 15 min

Total Time: 1 hr 5 min

Makes: Makes 3 doz. or 36 servings, 1 cookie each


Ingredients:

1 pkg. (14 oz.) BAKER'S ANGEL FLAKE Coconut

2/3 cup sugar

6 Tbsp. flour

1/4 tsp. salt

4 egg whites, lightly beaten

1 tsp. almond extract

1 pkg. (8 squares) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate


Directions:

HEAT oven to 325°F. Combine coconut, sugar, flour and salt. Add egg whites and extract; mix well. Drop by tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto greased and floured baking sheets.

BAKE 20 min. or until edges are golden brown. Transfer to wire racks. Cool.

MELT chocolate. Dip cookies halfway into chocolate. Let stand until chocolate is firm.

Storage Tip:

Store in tightly covered container at room temperature up to 1 week.

Recipe: Chocolate Banana Coconut Cream Pie

What’s the tantalizing secret to this cream pie? A chocolate layer is spread over the pie shell like a hidden secret under piles of banana slices and fluffy coconut filling. This is a fast filling for the convenience oriented so this pie comes together quickly, chilling for about four hours.

Tomorrow: Romantic Chocolate Fondue for Two


Chocolate Banana Coconut Cream Pie


Yield: 8 servings

From: Kraft Foods


Ingredients:


2 squares semi-sweet baking chocolate

1 Tablespoon milk

1 Tablespoon butter

1 baked pastry shell (9-inch), cooled

2 bananas, sliced

1 ½ cups cold milk

1 package (4-serving size) vanilla instant pudding and pie filling

1 ½ cups coconut

1 ½ cups thawed whipped topping

Coconut, toasted


Directions: Microwave chocolate, milk and butter in medium microwavable bowl on HIGH for 1 to 1 ½ minutes, stirring every 30 seconds. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Spread evenly in pastry shell. Arrange banana slices over chocolate.

Pour cold milk into large bowl. Add pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes. Stir in 1 ½ cups coconut. Spoon over banana slices. Spread whipped topping over pie. Sprinkle with toasted coconut.

Refrigerate 4 hours or until set. Store leftover pie in refrigerator. Makes 8 servings.

Tomorrow: Romantic Chocolate Fondue for Two