The BEST Chocolate Cream Pie | FROM SCRATCH recipe

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Ricotta provides a similar texture at a lower cost

chocolate cookies

🥗Healthier: oatmeal cookies

💰Cheaper: graham crackers

Graham crackers are often less expensive than specialty cookies

Measure out 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour and level it off with a knife into a bowl.

Add 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt to the flour and stir quickly.

Cut 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter into about 8 pieces and add to the bowl.

Squish the butter with your hands to create smaller pieces, ensuring the butter remains cold.

Add 5 tablespoons cold water to the mixture and use a fork to mix everything together until hydrated, avoiding big pockets of dry flour.

Once the dough holds together when squeezed, wrap it in plastic wrap to form a disc.

Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes, up to an hour, or overnight if preferred.

To roll out the crust, sprinkle flour on the countertop and unwrap the dough.

Press the dough into a circle with your hands before rolling it out with a rolling pin, adding flour as needed to prevent sticking.

Turn the dough a quarter turn after each roll to maintain a round shape and prevent sticking.

Check the size of the rolled dough by flipping the pie plate over it, ensuring there are about 2 inches of dough around the edges.

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