Double Chocolate Pie

From the moment I saw the scene featuring it in the film Julie and Julia I've wanted to make a chocolate pie. It haunts me every time I watch the movie (as my husband will tell you, I've seen it a lot of times) so finally decided to make one. My brother wanted me to make one for Three Kings' Day celebrations. Honestly, I was a little scared of tempering the chocolate mixture with the raw egg yolks, but it went great! As always my hubby told me "I told you so... I knew you where gonna make it perfectly." Gotta love him! He's my rock! Hope you guys enjoy this double chocolate pie! It was amazing! Enjoy!!

Ingredients:

A 9 inch pie crust
1 1/2  cups of white sugar
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/2 tsp of salt
3 cups of 2% milk
3/4 cup of semisweet chocolate chips
2 (1 ounce) squares of unsweetened chocolate, chopped
4 egg yolks, beaten
1 Tablespoon of vanilla extract


Procedure:

Take a pre-made pie crust from the fridge and let it thaw for 15 minutes.

 

Once thawed, pinch it with a fork.

Cut out a piece of parchment paper (sized just a bit larger than the 9 inch pie).
Stretch it out over the pie.

Gently spread a pound of dry beans or pie weights over it.
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

Once the pie has baked remove the beans and parchment paper.

Get a 2 qt sauce pan.

Toss in the sugar, cornstarch, and salt then stir together.

Add the milk.

Add the semi chocolate chips to the mixture.

Add the unsweetened chocolate.

Start gently mixing at a medium temperature. 

It will start to het darker and thicker. Be warned though, it's gonna take quite a bit time!
Don't worry, though it's totally worth the wait!

Once it thickens it's important to get it off the stove.
In a separate bowl beat the 4 egg yolks, by themselves.

Slowly add a little bit of the chocolate mixture to the eggs and start combining them.
It's important to add the chocolate to the eggs little by little to temper the eggs slowly (otherwise you get chocolate covered scrambled eggs!)

Once you've added half of the chocolate to the eggs pour it all back into the saucepan and put it on medium-high heat. Keep mixing it until it just starts to boil.

Once it's thickened up a little add the mixture to the baked pie.

Refrigerate (for at least 3 hours) and enjoy!

Triple Fudge Chocolate Cupcakes

The same way I love bananas (and if you have been following my recipes you’ll know what I mean) you need to know I’m in love with cupcakes too! So here comes the second cupcakes recipe! I call this one Triple fudge chocolate cupcake. It has a chocolate base mixture, melted chocolate and chocolate chips too! If you, my friend, are a chocolate lover this  amazing cupcake is for you. Enjoy!!

Ingredients:

I box of chocolate cake mix

3 eggs

1 cup half and half

1 cup of semi sweet chocolate (melted)

1 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips

Procedure:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Start melting the cup of chocolate in a double boiler.

Add the eggs.

Add the half and half.

Mix until combined.

Add the melted chocolate to the mixture. Mix until combined.

Fold in the chocolate chips into the mixture.

Pour the mixture into cupcakes molds.

Bake for 18 minutes.

Taste of Home - Picnic Cupcakes

Today’s recipe is cupcakes! I really love cupcakes so every time I see a new recipe I try to make it as soon as possible.  I enjoy making them from scratch but from time to time if a recipe catches my eye I first make the original recipe, and later make my own version from scratch. This recipe is from the book Taste of Home – Best Loved Recipes. There will be some, well… a lot of recipes coming from this book. It’s a new book so I’m pumped to make as many as I can.  But very soon you’ll see me post my “from scratch” version. I’m not that in love with the original version, but let see how the “from scratch version” comes out. Hope you guys love it and enjoy it! Good Night!

Ingredients:

1 package of yellow cake mix (I used betty crocker)

Filling:

1 package of cream cheese (softened)

1 egg, lightly beaten

1/3 cup of sugar

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Procedure:

Prepare cake batter mix according to package directions for cupcakes. Fill 24 paper lined muffin cups two thirds full.

In a small bowl, add the cream cheese and sugar.

Add the lightly beaten egg.

Beat the ingredients until smooth.

Fold in the semisweet chocolate chips.

Drop tablespoons into batter.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cupcake comes out clean. 

Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

Hope you guys enjoy them!