Vanilla Cream Pie – A Stunning Mess

If you’re on the lookout for an extremely EASY dessert to make that doesn’t compromise on taste, then make this vanilla cream pie asap! This cream pie recipe has a flaky, buttery crust with a creamy, silky vanilla pudding middle topped with recent whipped cream. Everybody will love this vanilla cream pie—it’s a crowd-pleaser.

This cream pie recipe can also be tremendous customizable—there are a number of methods to vary up the layers. You may swap the standard pie crust with a graham cracker or different cookie crust when you desire. And you may simply replace the filling to be coconut cream pie, chocolate cream pie, or actually any pudding taste you will discover. 🙂

If you happen to do swap the standard crust for a cookie crust, this pie turns into a no-bake pie! It doesn’t comprise any eggs, egg yolks or different substances that should be baked, whereas it nonetheless has a silky, custard-like texture. You received’t even should cook dinner or boil something! Simply mixing.

Associated: Subsequent up, attempt our Coconut Lime Pie, Banana Cream Pie or Chocolate Silk Pie.

Elements

• All-purpose flour
• Salt
• Butter
• Ice water
• Jell-O pudding combine
• Entire milk
• Cream cheese
• Vanilla extract
• Heavy cream
• Granulated white sugar

For the pie filling, all you want is the pudding combine, cream cheese and vanilla extract. The opposite substances are for the pie crust and do-it-yourself whipped cream. You can use a store-bought pie crust (together with other forms, like graham cracker crust). And if you wish to swap the recent whipped cream for store-bought or Cool Whip, you may!

Directions

First, make the pie crust. Additionally, you will have to blind bake the pie shell. Place a sheet of parchment paper within the middle and fill with dry rice, beans or pie weights. Bake within the oven at 400°F for 15-20 minutes.

If you’re utilizing a store-bought crust, observe the directions to pre-bake or blind bake. And in case you are utilizing a graham cracker crust or one thing prefer it, you may skip this step altogether.

Subsequent, make the vanilla filling. In a big mixing bowl, observe the directions on the moment pudding combine field, which often has you stir in milk. Then whisk within the softened cream cheese and vanilla extract. As soon as prepared, pour the combination into the cooled pie crust and degree out.

Make the whipped cream. And high the pie with the whipped cream. Enhance when you need. Serve chilled, as this may also make it slightly simpler to slice. 

Suggestions & Substitutions

• Utilizing softened cream cheese will make sure you don’t get massive lumps of cream cheese all through your pudding batter. However, when you do see some lumps, I discover utilizing an immersion blender or operating the filling by a meals processor or blender for a number of seconds will assist make that silky easy texture.
• If you happen to get lumps in your whipped cream, this doubtless means you’ve overmixed it. Add just a bit extra chilly heavy whipping cream, like one tablespoon, and whisk to repair it. I additionally assume adorning the highest can cowl a number of small imperfections. 🙂
• High the pie with white chocolate shavings, crushed peppermint, or adorned cookies like shortbread or Pirouline.
• This vanilla cream pie might be made a day or two prematurely. I’d wait so as to add the whipped cream to the highest till serving (simply retailer them individually).
• Retailer any leftovers coated in aluminum foil or in an hermetic container within the fridge for not less than two days. Whereas the pie might be fit for human consumption for for much longer, I discover the crust begins to get too delicate if left too lengthy.
• If you wish to change up the flavour of this cream pie, the simplest approach to take action is to swap the vanilla pudding combine for an additional taste like banana, coconut, chocolate or lemon.

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