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Chocolate-Macadamia Nut Pie

Source of Recipe


From "Southern Living Homestyle Cooking"



List of Ingredients



• 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate morsels
  
• 1-2/3 cups crushed chocolate wafers (6 ounces)
  
• ¼ cup butter, melted
  
• ½ (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  
• ¾ cup sugar
  
• 1½ tsp vanilla extract
  
• 1 (3½-ounce) jar macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped
  
• 2 cups whipping cream
  
• Garnish: sweetened whipped cream, chocolate shavings, and toasted macadamia nuts
  






Instructions



1. Place chocolate morsels in top of a double boiler; bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts, stirring often. Remove from heat, and set aside. Combine crushed wafers and butter. Firmly press mixture in bottom of a lightly buttered 9-inch springform pan.
   
   
2. Combine melted chocolate, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in a mixing bowl; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Fold in macadamia nuts.
   
   
3. Beat 2 cups whipping cream at high speed until soft peaks form. Add about one-fourth of whipped cream to chocolate mixture, and beat until blended. Fold remaining whipped cream into chocolate mixture. Carefully remove sides of springform pan; let pie stand 10 minutes before serving. Garnish, if desired.
   
   Makes 1 (9-inch) pie.