Samoas cookie pie with a homemade cookie crust, toasty coconut, salted caramel sauce and topped with chocolate stripes; no Girl Scout cookies required.
Author: Portlandia Pie Lady
Ingredients
Crust (use a 10-inch pie plate)
1/2cupbutter, melted
1/2cupbrown sugar, packed
1egg,beaten
1teaspoonvanilla
1-1/4cupsall-purpose flour (or my Gluten Free Flour Mix, see link above in blog post for recipe)
Filling
1cupchocolate chips
1-1/2cupssweetened shredded coconut
1/2cansweetened condensed milk
1/2cupsalted caramel sauce (see recipe below)
Finishing Stripes for Pie
3/4cupsemi sweet chocolate chips, melted
Salted Caramel Sauce
1/4cupbutter
1/2cuppure cane brown sugar, packed
1/2cuppure cane granulated sugar
1/2cupheavy whipping cream
2tablespoonscorn syrup (do not substitute or omit)
1teaspoonsalt
1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
Instructions
Salted Caramel Sauce
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, heat butter, sugars, whipping cream, and salt.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 6 minutes, stirring occasionally with silicone spatula or whisk.
Whisk in vanilla and simmer 2 more minutes. Pour caramel into bowl to cool, store in refrigerator. Makes about 1 cup.
Filling & Assembly
FIRST: Make the caramel sauce and set aside (you will need this ready for assembling the pie).
Preheat oven to 350.
Spray a 10-inch pie dish with non-stick cooking spray or generously coat with vegetable shortening; set aside.
For the crust: Melt the butter in the microwave in a bowl for 30 seconds or just until barely melted,
Stir in brown sugar and vanilla. Whisk in the egg until smooth. Stir in flour and spread batter into prepared pie plate.
Bake 12 minutes at 350. Remove from oven.
Add the following in order onto the warm crust: 1 cup chocolate chips evenly scattered. All of the coconut. Sweetened condensed milk (drizzle over all of coconut, remember, only half of the can)Last, 1/2 cup of salted caramel sauce.
The pie plate will be very full to the brim. I put a cookie sheet on the oven rack below to catch drips as it bakes. Bake assembled pie for 20-22 minutes (do not over bake).
Remove from oven and add the chocolate stripes. Melt the 3/4 cup chocolate chips in a glass bowl in microwave, about 60 to 90 seconds (every microwave is different, check every 15 seconds and stir, it may take less time). Fill a decorating bag, or small freezer ziploc bag with the melted chocolate, cut a small corner cut off and pipe on the stripes (thin or thick lines, I like thick lines).