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Chocolate Silk Pie
Chocolate Silk Pie brings together unsweetened baking chocolate, milk, and cornstarch. Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 13 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Desserts
- Cuisine
- American
- Dietary characteristics
- Vegetarian
A few quick notes
1. Plan the chilling step
Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. Make room in the fridge and use the time and sequence in the recipe, so that part does not catch you by surprise.
2. Mix the thickener as directed
The thickening step has its own little bit of preparation. Follow the mixing step before adding it, then use the consistency check in the method as you finish.
3. Stay with the stirring step
Keep this part of the cooking within reach rather than leaving the pan. The method asks for regular stirring, so get the next ingredients ready before that step begins.
Get to know the ingredients
Unsweetened baking chocolate
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: In a heavy bottom saucepan, combine 2 cups of milk and the 3 ounces of baking chocolate.
Milk
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: In a heavy bottom saucepan, combine 2 cups of milk and the 3 ounces of baking chocolate.
Cornstarch
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: In a bowl, stir sugar, flour, cornstarch, and cocoa powder together.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
Check ingredients as you prepare them. These checks stay on this page.
How to make it
0 of 8 steps completeMake room for Chocolate Silk Pie
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings, and slice and enjoy! Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Keep the mixtures separate until their step
The method prepares more than one mixture before bringing them together. Set out the separate bowls or containers it calls for, then combine them at the stated step.
Have the sauce liquid measured
Measure the liquid before starting this sauce step. That makes it easier to follow the stirring or whisking sequence while the flour mixture is in the pan.
Match the preparation in the method
Take a look at the chopping, slicing or shaving step before bringing the parts together. Use the preparation described there so the food goes into the next stage in the form the recipe expects.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the saucepan. Read the first preparation step before you get going: In a heavy bottom saucepan, combine 2 cups of milk and the 3 ounces of baking chocolate.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. Make room in the fridge and use the time and sequence in the recipe, so that part does not catch you by surprise.
What check should I look for as it cooks?
Keep this part of the method in view: Pour into prepared OREO cookie crust, and refrigerate 3-5 hours until set up.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
The method prepares more than one mixture before bringing them together. Set out the separate bowls or containers it calls for, then combine them at the stated step.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Spend With Pennies. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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