Chai Cream Pie

Name: Chai Cream Pie
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 black tea bag; 2 Tbsps butter, softened; 8 cardamom pods, crushed; 3 inches cinnamon stick, broken; 3 Tbsps cornstarch; 2 larges eggs; 1 inches peeled fresh ginger, crushed; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 473 milliliters 2% reduced-fat milk; 400 grams 1/2 package refrigerated pie dough (such as Pillsbury); 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 355 milliliters frozen fat-free whipped topping, thawed

Chai Cream Pie takes roughly 4 hours from beginning to end. One serving contains 391 calories, 7g of protein, and 19g of fat. This recipe serves 8. It works well as a dessert. Head to the store and pick up pie dough, butter, salt, and a few other things to make it today. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Strawberries and Cream Pie, Peaches and Cream Pie Bars, and Apple Pie Fried Ice Cream Cake.

Instructions

Roll dough into a 12-inch circle; fit into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. Fold edges under, and flute.

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Cooking Spray

Dough

Roll

Bake piecrust according to package directions. Cool completely on a wire rack.

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Pie Crust

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Wire Rack

Oven

Combine milk and the next 4 ingredients (through ginger) in a medium, heavy saucepan over medium-high heat; cook until the mixture reaches 180 or until tiny bubbles form around edge.

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Ginger

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat.

Add tea bag; cover and let stand for 15 minutes. Strain the mixture through a sieve over a bowl, and discard solids. Return milk mixture to pan, and cook over medium-high heat until the milk reaches 180 or until tiny bubbles form around edge.

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Tea Bag

Milk

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Sieve

Bowl

Frying Pan

Combine sugar, cornstarch, salt, and eggs in a large bowl, stirring well. Gradually add the hot milk mixture to sugar mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk. Return milk mixture to pan, and cook over medium heat 10 minutes or until thick and bubbly, stirring constantly.

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Corn Starch

Sugar

Egg

Milk

Salt

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Whisk

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Frying Pan

Remove from heat; stir in butter.

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Butter

Place pan in a large ice-filled bowl for 10 minutes or until filling cools, stirring occasionally. Spoon mixture into crust; cover surface with plastic wrap. Chill 3 hours or until set; remove plastic wrap. Top pie with whipped topping; garnish with ground cinnamon.

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Ground Cinnamon