It’s the holidays, and the flavor is all about peppermint. Mix that flavor with everyone’s favorite chocolate, and you have an incredibly decadent dessert–Peppermint Pie!
PEPPERMINT PIE
Recipe Type: PIE
Author:
Serves: one 9 inch pie
This easy pie will become your favorite holiday pie!
Ingredients
- 1 envelope of unflavored powdered gelatin
- 2-1/4 cups ice water
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 8 oz Soft Peppermints
- 9 inch chocolate pie crust
- Crushed Peppermint Candy Canes
How to Make Easy Peppermint Pie
- Stir the gelatin into the ice water and set aside.
- In a saucepan, combine 1/2 cup heavy cream and the soft peppermints over low heat, often stirring, until all peppermints have melted.
- Stir the gelatin mixture into the peppermint mixture and combine.
- Transfer to a bowl and let cool.
- Whip the remaining 1-1/2 cups cream until still.
- Fold the whipped cream into the cooled peppermint mixture and pour it into the chocolate pie crust.
- Top with crushed peppermint candy canes.
- Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.
PEPPERMINT PIE
Yield:
one 9 inch pie
This easy pie will become your favorite holiday pie!
Ingredients
- 1 envelope unflavored powdered gelatin
- 2-1/4 cups ice water
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 8 oz Soft Peppermints
- 9 inch chocolate pie crust
- Crushed Peppermint Candy Canes
Instructions
- Stir the gelatin into the ice water and set aside.
- In a saucepan, combine 1/2 cup heavy cream and the soft peppermints over low heat, often stirring, until all peppermints have melted.
- Stir the gelatin mixture into the peppermint mixture and combine.
- Transfer to a bowl and let cool.
- Whip the remaining 1-1/2 cups cream until still.
- Fold the whipped cream into the cooled peppermint mixture and pour it into the chocolate pie crust.
- Top with crushed peppermint candy canes.
- Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.
Notes
Appears on page 29, Blue Ribbon Baking from a Redneck Kitchen. It is excerpted from Blue Ribbon Baking from a Redneck Kitchen by Francine Bryson © 2014 Potter Press. It may not be reprinted without the publisher's permission.