Chocolate Mounds Pie

My hubby & I both LOVE Mounds candy. This has all the same ingredients, but isn't made with Mounds. It IS delicious! And for all you out there with Gluten allergies, it's gluten free. Yeahhhhhh!

Chocolate Mounds Pie

Ingredients for the crust:

6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

4 cups sweetened shredded coconut

¼ cup Coconut flour

¼ cup Almonds (raw & unsalted)

Ingredients for the filling:

2 cups heavy cream

16 ounces bittersweet chocolate (preferably 61 percent cacao), finely chopped

1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a food processor, process butter, almonds, & coconut flour untill it forms a crust-like mixture. Place into a large mixing bowl, & add in coconut. Mix until a crust forms. In a glass pie pan, use 2/3 of the mixture to press into the bottom and sides of pan as a crust. Sprinkle remaining coconut mixture around the edges forming a high crust edge. Bake for 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove & cool.

Bring cream to a boil in a small saucepan; pour over chocolate in a medium heat proof  bowl. Let mixture sit for 10 minutes, & then stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is combined. Add vanilla. Pour into coconut crust. Refrigerate until filling is set, (about 3 hours).

Banana Cream Pie Pancakes

Weekend breakfast? Yes, I think I can get by with these once in awhile. I realized this morning that They are reminiscent of a little bite of banana cream pie, but with many less calories.If I weren't already trying to cut some calories, I would have whipped up a little banana-cream egg custard to serve on top---no syrup needed! Yummmmm!

Banana Cream Pie Pancakes

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups flour

3 tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 & 1/3 cup whole cream

1/4 cup Dark Rum

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

3 teaspoons melted unsalted butter

2 ripe banana, diced

1 ripe banana for blending with cream

½ cup toasted Coconut flakes

Directions:

Begin by mixing dry ingredients together-set aside. In a blender, combine cream & 1 banana together-blend. Melt butter, & when cool whisk together with sugar, vanilla, and rum. Add eggs, and egg whites one at a time. Add wet & dry ingredients together, and then fold in chopped banana. Cook over a greased skillet over medium heat. Serve topped with sliced bananas and a little whipped cream & toasted coconut.