#36 - Keto Chocolate Cheesecake Silk Pie

 Keto Chocolate Cheesecake Pie

The Ingredients

• For the crust:
• 1 ½ cup almond flour 
• ½ tsp. baking powder
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup granulated stevia/erythritol blend
• 3-4 Tbsp. butter, room temp
• 1 egg, room temp
• 1 tbsp vanilla 
• butter, for greasing the pan

• For the filling:
• 8oz. cream cheese, room temp
• 1 package sugar free chocolate pudding
• 2 Tbsp. butter, room temp
• 2 Tbsp. vanilla extract
• 3/4-1 cup granulated stevia/erythritol blend
• 2 cup whipping cream
• 5 tbsp. granulated stevia/erythritol blend
• 3 tbsp vanilla, for whipped cream

The Process

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Generously butter a 10” pie pan with butter.
2. In a medium mixing bowl, combine almond flour, baking powder, salt and 1/2 cup stevia/erythritol blend. Using a whisk, blend the dry ingredients together.
3. Add butter to dry ingredients. Using a blender, whisk or a fork, cut the butter into dry ingredients until the mixture forms into coarse crumbs.
4. Add egg and vanilla extract and stir until the dough forms into a ball.
5. Transfer the dough to the prepared pan and spread out the dough using your fingers until it evenly covers the bottom and sides of the pan. Wetting your hands with cold water can help prevent the dough from sticking to your fingers. Flute edges if desired. Using a fork, poke holes in the bottom and sides of crust to prevent bubbles from forming as it bakes.
6. Place crust in the oven and bake for 11 minutes. Remove crust from the oven and loosely cover edges with foil. Return it to oven for 5 to 8 more minutes or until the bottom of the crust is golden brown. Allow the crust to cool completely before filling.
7. To prepare the filling, place cream cheese, pudding, butter, vanilla extract, 3/4-1 cup stevia/erythritol blend and in a medium bowl.
8. Using a mixer on low speed, blend ingredients to combine, then increase to high speed and beat until fluffy. Move mixture to another bowl unless you have 2 mixing bowls.
9. Place the whipping cream in the clean mixing bowl. Using clean mixer beaters, whip the cream on high speed until soft peaks for. Add the sweetener and vanilla and beat until stiff peaks form (you’re making homemade whip cream…if you want to skip this step, you can just buy sugar free whip cream instead).
10. Gently fold the whipped cream mixture into the cream cheese mixture to lighten. Reserve 1 cup if you want “topping”. Add remaining whipped cream mixture and fold it in gently. The idea is to blend the two mixtures together without breaking the bubbles in the cream.
11. Scoop the filling into the crust and smooth the top with a spoon. Cover and refrigerate your keto chocolate cheesecake pie for at least 3 hours before serving.

*you may have more filling than what your pie will hold…freeze it or put in fridge for a snack later!*