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How to Make Mississippi Mud Pie. Treat your guests to a morsel of chocolaty decadence
after dinner. You will need 4 c. chocolate sandwich cookies 1/2 lb. butter, melted 8
oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped 1 c. toasted pecans, chopped 1/2 c. butter 4 large eggs
1 c. granulated sugar 3 tbsp. light corn syrup 1/2 tsp. salt Whipped cream Chocolate sauce
Equipment: Food processor Pie plate Double boiler Mixer and wire cooling rack. Step 1.
Pulverize the chocolate sandwich cookies in a food processor and then mix the pieces with
the melted butter to form a dough. There will be 3 cups of cookie crumbs after grinding.
If not, grind a few extra cookies to equal 3 cups. Step 2. Press the dough into the pie
plate to make a crust and place it in the freezer for 3 hours. Step 3. Melt 2 ounces
of the chocolate in a double boiler, stirring constantly. Then coat the inside of the pie
crust with the melted chocolate, sprinkle it with pecans, and set it in the freezer
to harden. Step 4. Melt the remaining chocolate and butter in the double boiler. Step 5. Mix
the eggs, granulated sugar, corn syrup, and salt with the mixer set on high speed. Beat
until the batter falls from the beaters in ribbons -- approximately three minutes. Step
6. Fold the melted chocolate and butter mixture into the batter with a spatula and then pour
it into the pie shell. Step 7. Bake the pie at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 to 40 minutes,
until a crust forms on top and the filling is set. Step 8. Remove the pie from the oven
and allow it to cool on the wire cooling rack. The pie must be thoroughly cooled before serving.
If you need the pie to cool quickly, allow it to cool on the rack for 30 minutes and
then put it in the freezer for 15 minutes. Step 9. Top the cooled pie with whipped cream
and drizzled chocolate sauce. Cut and serve a big, heaping piece to your favorite person,
even if that person is yourself. Did you know The Mayans used cocoa beans in religious rituals
and as currency.