Chocolate Eggnog Swirl Pie

Prep Time: 20 Minutes

Cook Time: 4 Minutes

Ready In: 24 Minutes

Servings: 8

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Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup finely chopped nuts (your choice)

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 ounce semisweet chocolate, grated

1/3 cup butter, melted (or margarine)

1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin

1/4 cup cold water

1/2 cup granulated sugar or 1/2 cup granulated artificial sweetener

2 tablespoons cornstarch

2 cups dairy eggnog (or canned)

1 1/2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted

2 tablespoons rum or 1/2 teaspoon rum extract

1 cup whipping cream, whipped

Directions:

1. CRUST:.
2. Combine first 4 ingredients.
3. Add melted butter and mix well.
4. Press mixture into 9 pie plate, or 10 pie plate to form crust.
5. Bake in 350 F oven for 12 minutes.
6. Cool on wire rack.
7. FILLING:.
8. In small bowl, stir gelatin into the cold water and set aside.
9. In medium saucepan, mix the sugar and cornstarch.
10. Stir in eggnog.
11. Cook until thickened and bubbly.
12. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more.
13. Stir in gelatin until dissolved.
14. Divide mixture into 2 equal parts; stirring chocolate into one part and rum (extract) into the other.
15. Cover surface with plastic wrap and cool completely.
16. Fold whipped cream into the rum portion.
17. Spoon the rum flavored portion into the cooled pie crust.
18. Top this with the chocolate mixture and gently swirl the chocolate portion into the white portion.
19. Chill at least 4 hours or until firm.

By RecipeOfHealth.com