Peppermint Pie

Peppermint Pie low-cal in addition to fluffy, elementary in addition to sweet, alongside all the flavors of the vacation season!

I’m sitting hither trying to come upward up alongside words to express how I’m feeling correct now.  First of all I’m really excited to consummate this project.  There’s ever a sense of accomplishment (and relief) whenever you lot destination anything you lot laid out to do.  52 pies inwards 52 weeks, done.  I’m also a picayune miserable because it has been a fun, creative, delicious journey.

Enough of the sappy recap!  (I’ll postal service to a greater extent than sappiness alongside the pie recap coming Jan 1st.)

Let’s verbalize nigh this light, fluffy, pretty, peppermint pie!  Some of the pies I’ve made this yr were … uuhhh challenging; but this was non 1 of them.  This was in addition to hence elementary alongside only a few easy steps.  If you lot receive got soft peppermints laying around later on Christmas this year, I know what you lot tin create alongside them!

 

Start alongside a elementary homemade chocolate crumb crust.  I’ve ever wanted to travail these chocolate wafer cookies inwards a dessert in addition to hence straightaway was my chance.  You see Mrs. Claus stepped inwards to lend a hand, along alongside a picayune saccharide in addition to butter too.

Place the entire nine ounce packet (minus 1 or two) of chocolate wafer cookies inwards the nutrient processor.

Pulse the cookies alongside the granulated saccharide until dry reason into fine crumbs.

Add melted butter in addition to pulse until good mixed.

Press the crumb mixture into the bottom in addition to upward the sides of a 9-inch pie identify lightly greased alongside Pam.  Bake inwards a preheated 350 score oven for 7-8 minutes.  Allow the crust to cool to room temperature spell preparing the filling.

For the filling you lot volition quest a heaping loving cup (plus to a greater extent than for garnishing) of crushed soft peppermints.  I constitute the Red Bird Brand (the master soft peppermint) on sale in addition to hence these are what nosotros used.  Any soft peppermint stick or candy volition create fine.  Bob’s peppermints are a pop alternative if you lot tin respect them.

Place the peppermints inwards a large Ziploc bag.  I took mine out to the garage in addition to used a hammer to compaction them on the concrete floor.  Crush extra for the garnish.

The filling is made from heavy whipping cream, unflavored gelatin, cool water, crushed peppermints in addition to peppermint extract.

Sprinkle the gelatin over 1/4 loving cup mutual depression temperature H2O in addition to laid aside.

Allow the mixture to soften spell preparing the filling.

In a pocket-size saucepan add together 1/2 loving cup whipping cream.

Add the crushed peppermints to the heavy whipping cream in addition to laid upward on depression rut until the candy melts.

If you lot crushed the candy into pocket-size pieces this volition non accept long.  This candy turned the cream a brilliant pinkish color.  If using Bob’s construct peppermint it may plough a brownish-pink color.  This is fine too.  Once the candy is melted, add together the gelatin mixture in addition to peppermint extract in addition to stir to combine.  Cool this mixture until room temperature but move certain to sentinel it carefully.  You don’t wish it to larn laid similar Jell-O.

In a separate bowl, beat 1 1/2 cups of heavy whipping cream until strong peaks form.

Pour the cooled gelatin peppermint mixture into the heavy whipping cream.

Gently plication the mixtures together until almost completely blended.

Pour the filling into the cooled chocolate crust in addition to spread evenly.

Refrigerate until laid (about 2 hours).   Decorate the hap of the pie alongside additional whipped cream in addition to compaction peppermints if desired.  (Wrapping newspaper optional 🙂

A pepperminty fresh gustation without saccharide overload which seems foreign since it’s covered inwards crushed candy!

This is a photogenic pie in addition to hence I took payoff of the daylight to play alongside the camera.

It’s either that or I’m but trying to drag this out 🙁

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Peppermint Pie Recipe

Prep Time

30 mins

 

A brilliant in addition to creamy peppermint pie cracking for the holidays

Course:

Dessert, Pie

Servings: 8 slices

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

For the crust:

• 
  1
  (9-ounce) packet chocolate wafer cookies
  


• 
  2
  tablespoons
  granulated sugar
  


• 
  1/2
  cup
  unsalted butter,
  melted
  

For the filling:

• 
  1
  (.25-ounce) packet evidently gelatin (about 2 1/4 teaspoons)
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  cold water
  


• 
  1/2
  teaspoon
  peppermint extract
  


• 
  2
  cups
  heavy whipping cream,
  divided
  


• 
  1
  cup
  crushed soft peppermint candy,
  plus extra for garnish
  

For the garnish:

• 
  1
  cup
  heavy whipping cream
  


• 
  1/3
  cup
  sifted powdered sugar
  


• 
  1/2
  teaspoon
  vanilla or peppermint extract
  


• 
  Crushed peppermint
  

Instructions

1. 
   
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Add the chocolate cookies in addition to granulated saccharide to a nutrient processor in addition to pulse until crushed to a fine crumb.  Add the melted butter in addition to pulse until mixed.  Spray a 9-inch pie plate alongside Pam.  Gently press the crumb mixture into the bottom in addition to upward the sides of the pie plate.  Bake for 7-8 minutes.  Remove from the oven in addition to cool to room temperature.
   
   


2. 
   
   In a pocket-size bowl sprinkle gelatin over the mutual depression temperature H2O in addition to laid aside to soften.  Measure 1/2 loving cup whipping cream inwards a pocket-size saucepan.  Add 1 heaping loving cup of the crushed peppermint candy.  Cook over depression rut until all the candy is melted.  Remove from the rut in addition to add together the softened gelatin in addition to peppermint extract.  Set aside to cool to room temperature.  Don't allow the mixture to cool also long in addition to larn set.
   
   


3. 
   
   Beat 1 1/2 cups of heavy whipping cream until strong peaks form.  Gently plication the peppermint mixture into the whipped cream until almost blended.  Spread the filling into the pie crust in addition to refrigerate until laid - nigh 2 hours.
   
   


4. 
   
   Garnish alongside additional sweetened whipped cream in addition to crushed peppermints equally desired.  The extra crushed peppermint adds a practiced sweetness crunch to this pie without making it overly sweet.  Garnish away!
   
   

Recipe Notes

(adapted from a recipe past times Paula Dean)

Thanks really much for stopping by!  Thanks for reading the pie posts calendar week later on week, later on week.  Thanks to all my gustation testers for eating pie fifty-fifty when you lot wanted a cookie.  I promise you lot in addition to your identify unit of measurement receive got a wonderful calendar week of post-Christmas joy.  May the sales move alongside you!

Tricia

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