Francines Recipe Chocolate Peanut Butter Bacon Pie

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BACON PIE

Steps:

• Cook bacon in microwave for 3 ½ minutes till crispy. Drain the bacon on paper towels, then cut it into small pieces.
• Melt butter and mix in crushed cookies. Then press it into a deep dish pie plate and bake at 350 degrees for 8-12 minutes, then let it cool. In a 2qt saucepan, heat milk and 3/4 cup sugar and add chips. Stir over medium heat until the contents are melted and thick. Then add flavoring and let it all cool.
• Place cream cheese and 1 cup sugar in a mixer and blend till it's smooth. Then add one cup of whipping cream. Whip until the mixture is fluffy, then add peanut butter, and whip it once more. Spread 1½ cup of chocolate sauce over crust and sides and let it set.
• Sprinkle 1/3 the contents of the chopped bacon over the crust and then pour in the creamy mixture. Spread half of the remaining chocolate sauce over the creamy middle. Then sprinkle 1/2 of remaining chopped bacon bits over the chocolate sauce.
• Whip 1 ½ cup of heavy cream, a dash of cream of tartar, and powdered sugar. Spread over pie and pipe edges sprinkle with nest of remaining bacon and pipe circles of chocolate sauce. Drag knife back and forth thru top to form web design.

FROZEN PEANUT BUTTER PIE WITH CANDIED BACON

Steps:

• Cook bacon (in 2 batches if necessary) in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium heat, turning once, until lightly browned on edges but still flexible, 5 to 6 minutes total per batch. Transfer to paper towels to drain.
• Pour off fat from skillet and arrange bacon in skillet in 1 layer. Sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon over bacon and cook over low heat, turning occasionally with tongs, until sugar has dissolved and then caramelized (sugar melts very slowly and burns easily; reduce heat if necessary after sugar begins to caramelize) and coats bacon, 8 to 10 minutes. (Bacon will be dark and look lacquered.) Transfer bacon with tongs to a cutting board to cool. When bacon is cool, finely chop 5 slices, leaving remaining 2 slices whole.
• Stir together wafer crumbs and butter, then press onto bottom and up side of pie plate. Chill pie shell.
• Heat remaining 1/2 cup sugar and milk in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and whisk in peanut butter and vanilla until combined well, then transfer to a bowl and cool completely in an ice bath, stirring occasionally.
• Beat cream with an electric mixer until it just holds stiff peaks, then fold into peanut butter mixture with peanuts and chopped bacon gently but thoroughly. Transfer filling to pie shell, smoothing top.
• Cut remaining 2 bacon slices into 2-inch-long pieces and arrange in a decorative starburst shape in center of pie. Freeze pie, uncovered, until frozen hard, about 5 hours. Let pie soften slightly in refrigerator before serving, about 30 minutes.

CHOCOLATE-TOPPED PEANUT BUTTER-BACON BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray 9- or 8-inch square pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir together cookie mix, oil, syrup and egg until soft dough forms. Reserve 1/4 cup bacon for garnish. Stir remaining bacon and peanuts into dough. Press evenly in pan.
• Bake 20 to 25 mintues or until golden brown. Remove from oven; sprinkle with chocolate chips. Return to oven; bake 1 minute. Immediately spread chocolate over bars. Sprinkle reserved 1/4 cup bacon over chocolate. Cool completely, about 1 hour or until chocolate is set.
• For bars, cut into 4 rows by 4 rows. Store tightly covered in refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE BACON PEANUT BUTTER PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch deep dish pie pan.
• 2. Cook bacon in microwave for 3 ½ minutes till crispy. Drain the bacon on paper towels, then cut it into small pieces.
• 3. Melt 3 tbls butter (melted) and mix in crushed cookies. Then press it into a pie plate and bake at 350 degrees for 8-11 minutes, then let it cool.
• 4. In a 2qt saucepan, heat milk and white sugar and add chips. Stir over a medium heat until the contents are melted and thick. Then add remaining butter and flavoring and let it all cool. Cool for 15 minutes.
• 5. Spread 1 1/2 cup of chocolate sauce over crust and sides and let it set.
• 6. Place cream cheese and 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar sugar in a mixer till it's smooth. Then add one cup of whipping cream. Whip until the mixture is fluffy, then add peanut butter, and whip it once more.
• 7. Sprinkle half the contents of the chopped bacon over the chocolate covered crust and then pour in the creamy mixture. Then sprinkle the half remaining chopped bacon bits over the peanut butter middle. Spread half of the remaining chocolate sauce over the creamy middle. Chill 30 mins.
• 8. Whip 1 ½ cup of heavy cream and remaining confectioners' sugar sugar. Add a dash of cream of tartar. Whip till stiff but not till it is too stiff. Spread over pie and pipe edges sprinkle with rest of bacon and pipe rest of chocolate sauce. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.