Today's baking extravaganza!

My no sugar added apple pie made with splenda was the hit of our Thanksgiving so I got brave and decided to try no sugar added versions of two other popular pies in my home.  I made NSA Pumpkin and NSA Chocolate Meraigne pie.  The pumpkin is mine....alllll mine as the DH doesn't care for pumpkin.  The chocolate is his.  His grandmother used to make him one when he would visit her.  Both turned out splenda'dly :-)   The pumpkin was easy enough as I just replaced the splenda for the sugar in the recipe on the back of the libby's 15oz. canned pumpkin.  The chocolate merainge was a little tricker.  You have to wisk the filling rapidly the whole time it cooks because of the splenda, but it only takes ten min. or so.  Here's the recipe for that. 11/3 c. splenda 1/4c.  flour 1/4c. cocoa powder 3 egg yolks 1 12oz. can of non-fat evaporated milk 3T. Butter 1 9" pie crust, baked 6 egg whites 1/4c. splenda 2t. cream of tarter Preheat oven at 350.  Bake pie shell until barely light brown.  Combine dry ingredients and put in saucepan.  In a seperate bowl, mix milk and yolks and slowly add to dry mixture in saucepan.  Wisk constantly over medium heat until thick pudding consistancy.  Stir in butter until all is melted.  Pour into baked pie crust.  In a glass or stainless steel bowl, combine egg whites and cream of tarter.  Beat the whites on high until stiff peaks form. (works best to use a stand mixer on a high setting, don't try to do it by hand)  When the whites get a little thicker, add splenda and keep mixing.  To know it's stiff enough:  it should stay on a spoon when inverted.  Spread whites over the hot pie filling making sure to 'seal' the merainge to the edges of the crust.  Bake at 325 until the tips of the peeks are browned. Enjoy!! Rachael

Thanks for the recipe - I love choc pie - actually it's the only one I like!  Do you then bake the chocolate pie just until the marenge is brown?

 

Thanks,

Diona

Yep, back at 325 until the tips of the peeks are brown.  I will go back and edit so it says that.

Thanks for the recipe Rachael.  I miss chocolate pie and will give this a try.

yummy chocolate pie.  i usually make a nut crust which would be sooooo good with this......I WANT IT NOW!!!