Chocolate Cream Pie with Cookie Crust

Name: Chocolate Cream Pie with Cookie Crust
Yield: Makes on 9-inch pie, serving 8 to 10
Ingredients: 16 , Oreo cookies (with filling), broken into rough pieces, about 2 1/2 cups; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 2 1/2 cups, half-and-half; pinch, table salt; 1/3 cup, granulated sugar; 2 tablespoons, cornstarch; 6 , large egg yolks at room temperature; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter (cold), cut into 6 pieces; 6 ounces (170 grams), semisweet chocolate or bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped; 1 ounce (28 grams), unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups, heavy cream (cold); 1 1/2 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Dessert Pies

Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2001, America's Test Kitchen TV

Two kinds of chocolate and Oreo cookies produce a pie with rich chocolate flavor and an easy-to-slice crust.

SERVES Makes on 9-inch pie, serving 8 to 10

TIME 55 minutes, plus 3 hours chilling

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