Coffee Toffee Crunch A Bunch Pie Recipes

Steps:

• For crust:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grind nuts with ground cookies and toffee in processor. Add 5 tablespoons butter; blend until nuts are finely chopped. To moisten crumbs, if necessary, blend in 1 tablespoon butter. Using plastic wrap as aid, press mixture onto bottom an dup sides of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Freeze 15 minutes.
• Bake crust until golden, about 12 minutes. Freeze crust.
• For ganache:
• Bring cream and corn syrup to simmer in heavy medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Add chocolate; whisk until melted and smooth. Cool to room temperature.
• For mousse:
• Whisk sugar, yolks, 1/3 cup water and espresso powder in large metal bowl. Set bowl over saucepan of simmering water (do not allow bowl to touch water); whisk until candy thermometer registers 160°F, about 3 minutes. Remove bowl from over water. Add nutmeg. Using electric mixer, beat egg mixture until cool and thick, about 5 minutes.
• Beat 2 1/2 cups cream, liqueur and vanilla in another large bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold cream mixture and toffee into egg mixture. Spoon half of mousse into crust. Drizzle 1/4 cup ganache over. Using tip of knife, swirl mixtures together. Carefully spoon remaining mousse over; smooth top. Cover and freeze torte overnight. Cover remaining ganache; chill.
• Rewarm remaining ganache over low heat, whisking just until slightly softened but not melted. If necessary, let stand until firm enough to pipe. Spoon ganache into pastry bag fitted with star tip. Run sharp knife around torte pan sides. Release pan sides. Pipe ganache in lattice design atop torte. Pipe ganache in star shapes around border. Garnish with almonds. (Can be prepared 1 week ahead. Freeze until lattice sets, then cover and keep frozen.)

Steps:

• For the Crust; Combine crumbs and sugar. Slowly add butter and mix well. Press into bottom and sides of pie plate. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool. Once cool, brush melted toffee crunch milk chocolate bar on bottom and sides of crust before filling.
• For the Filling: Whip pudding mix, half and half, heavy whipping cream, coffee, and caramel flavoring until creamy but firm. Fold in by hand the crushed toffee bars. Refrigerate for about 15 minutes. Spoon 1/2 cup caramel topping on bottom of pie crust that has been brushed with melted chocolate. Spoon filling on top of caramel layer. Return to refrigerator for 6 to 8 hours.
• For the Topping: Whip cream and sugar until stiff. Decorate pie as desired with whipped cream and toffee bars.

Steps:

• In large bowl, beat cream cheese, 1 tablespoon milk, and sugar.
• Gently stir in half of the whipped topping and spread evenly over crust.
• Sprinkle half of the crushed toffee bars over cream cheese mixture.
• Pour 2 cups milk in large bowl. Add pudding mixes; beat with wire whisk until smooth (mixture will be thick).
• Pour over crushed toffee bits. Sprinkle remaining toffee bits evenly over pudding mix.
• Chill for 4 hours before serving.
• Spread remaining whipped topping on pie. Drizzle caramel ice cream topping over pie.
• If desired, you can crush more toffee bars and sprinkle over caramel topping.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees To prepare pastry In mixing bowl, combine flour and salt. Cur in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs Blend in the brown sugar, Add ice water. Toss until dough is evenly moist. Blend in the walnuts. Press into 9 inch pie pan Bake for 15 mins or until golden, cool
• 2. In mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light;. add chocolate, coffee granules and eggs, and beat until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Turn into pastry shell, and chill overnight.
• 3. Before serving, whip cream with instant coffee and powdered sugar. Spread or pipe mixture onto filling. sprinkle with grated chocolate and chill 2 hours.

Steps:

• 1. Spread caramel topping on the bottom of the crust.
• 2. Pour milk into a large bowl. Add pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes.
• 3. Stir in Cool Whip and chopped toffee bars. Spoon into crust.
• 4. Freeze 4 hours or until set.
• 5. Let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes. Garnish with mini toffee bars. Store leftover pie in freezer.

Steps:

• Spread dessert topping on bottom of crust.
• Pour milk into large bowl.
• Add pudding mix.
• Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes.
• Let stand 5 minutes.
• Stir in cool-whip and chopped toffee bars.
• Spoon into crust.
• Freeze 4 hours or until set.
• Let stand at room temperature 15 minutes or until pie can be sliced easily.
• Garnish as desired.
• Store any leftovers in freezer.

Steps:

• For the pastry shell,mix all ingredients together well and turn into a well greased 9 inch pie plate.
• Press mixture firmly into bottom and up the sides of pie plate.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.
• Cool the pastry shell in the pie plate on a wire rack.
• For the filling,in a small bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed,beat butter until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar,beating until light.
• Blend in cool,melted chocolate and 2 teaspoons instant coffee.
• Add 1 egg and beat 5 minutes.
• Add egg number 2 and beat 5 more minutes.
• Turn filling into cooled pastry shell.
• Refrigerate pie,covered,overnight.
• Next day make topping.
• In a large bowl,combine cream with instant coffee and powdered sugar.
• Refrigerate mixture,covered,for one hour.
• Beat cream mixture until stiff.
• Decorate pie with topping.
• If you feel like being really fancy add chocolate curls as a garnish.
• Refrigerate for 2 hours berfore serving.

Steps:

• Make crust:
• Cook sugar in a dry small nonstick skillet over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until sugar is melted into a deep golden caramel, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Remove pan from heat, then immediately stir in Rice Krispies and quickly transfer to springform pan, spreading evenly over bottom and smoothing top with back of a small spoon. (If using pie plate, press crust up side of plate slightly.)
• Sprinkle chopped chocolate evenly over warm crust to melt, then spread melted chocolate with back of spoon to cover crust. Cool until chocolate is hardened.
• Make filling:
• Dissolve instant coffee in 2 tablespoons milk in a small bowl, then stir in gelatin and let stand.
• Whisk together cornstarch and remaining 1· cups milk in a 1 1/2- to 2-quart heavy saucepan and bring to a simmer over low heat, stirring constantly (this will take about 15 minutes; 1% milk curdles easily if heated too quickly). Continue to simmer, stirring, 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat, then add gelatin mixture, chocolate, brown sugar, and rum, whisking until smooth, about 1 minute. Transfer mixture to a metal bowl set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water. Cool filling, whisking constantly (so gelatin doesn't set unevenly), just to room temperature, 3 to 5 minutes, then pour over crust in pan. Chill, covered, until set, about 3 hours.
• Make topping:
• Beat cream with brown sugar using an electric mixer until it just holds stiff peaks. Dissolve instant coffee in rum and fold into cream.
• Spread evenly over chilled custard, then run a thin sharp knife around edge of "pie" and remove side of pan.

Steps:

• In the top of a double boiler, combine the sugar, flour and salt; gradually stir in milk until smooth. Cook and stir over boiling water until thickened, about 10 minutes. Stir in coffee granules., Gradually stir a small amount into egg yolks; return all to pan. Cook and stir for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat; add butter and vanilla. Cool for 30 minutes. Pour into crust; chill. , In a bowl, dissolve coffee granules in a small amount of cream. Add sugar, vanilla and remaining cream. Whip until stiff peaks form. Spread over filling; sprinkle with crushed candy bar. Chill.