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: Desserts Pies

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Amount Measure

Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1/2

cups vanilla wafer crumbs (about 25 wafers)

cup margarine or butter (1/2 stick) -- melted

vanilla caramels

tablespoons margarine or butter

tablespoons water

cup chopped pecans -- toasted

(3 ounce) packages cream cheese -- softened

cup powdered sugar

(4 ounce) bar sweet cooking chocolate

tablespoons hot water

teaspoon vanilla

cups whipping (heavy) cream

tablespoons powdered sugar

Easy Chocolate Curls, if desired -- (recipe in

directions)

Heat oven to 350º. Mix crumbs and 1/4 cup margarine. Press mixture firmly

against side and bottom of pie plate, 9 × 1 1/4 inches. Bake 10 minutes;

cool.

Heat caramels, 2 tablespoons margarine and 2 tablespoons water over medium

heat, stirring frequently, until caramels are melted. Pour into crust.

Sprinkle with pecans. Refrigerate about 1 hour until chilled.

Beat cream cheese and 1/3 cup powdered sugar until smooth. Spread over

caramel layer; refrigerate.

Heat chocolate and 3 tablespoons hot water over low heat, stirring

constantly, until chocolate is melted. Cool to room temperature. Stir in

vanilla. Beat whipping cream and 2 tablespoons powdered sugar in chilled

medium bowl until stiff. Reserve 1 1/2 cups. Fold chocolate mixture into

remaining whipped cream. Spread over cream cheese mixture. Top with

reserved whipped cream and Easy Chocolate Curls. Refrigerate any remaining

pie.

EASY CHOCOLATE CURLS:

Place a bar or block of chocolate on waxed paper. Make chocolate curls by

pulling a vegetable peeler toward you across the flattest side of the

chocolate, pressing firmly in long, thin strokes. Small curls can be made

by using the side of the chocolate bar. Transfer each curl carefully with

a toothpick to a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet or directly onto frosted

cake, pie or other dessert.

The curl will be easier to make if the chocolate is slightly warm, so let

the chocolate stand in a warm place for about 15 minutes before making

curls. Semisweet chocolate can be used but the curls will be small. Also,

the thicker the bar of chocolate, the larger your curls will be.

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Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an

approved Betty Crocker® Recipe.

Yield:

1 Pie"

T(Refrigerate):

1:00"

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