Chocolate Layer Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Crust
1 1/2 cups finely crushed chocolate cookies
3 tablespoons sugar
1/3 cup melted butter or 1/3 cup margarine
Cream Cheese Layer
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1 (8 ounce) container whipped topping, divided
Chocolate Filling Layer
1/3 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 egg yolks
4 ounces German sweet chocolate, chopped
chocolate shavings (to garnish)
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Combine cookie crumbs, 3 Tbs sugar and melted butter.
Press firmly into 9 inch pie plate covering bottom and sides evenly.
Bake at 350\u00b0 F for 10 minutes.
In a medium sized bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, and 1 tbs milk in large bowl until smooth.
Gently stir in 1/2 of the whipped topping.
Spread on bottom of baked crust.
In a medium saucepan, combine the 1/3 cup sugar and the cornstarch.
Stir in the milk, chocolate, and 1 tablespoon butter.
Cook on medium stirring constantly until thickened and bubbling.
Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 additional minutes.
Remove 1 cup of mixture from pan.
Gradually stir the 1 cup of mixture into egg yolks.
Return mixture to saucepan; bring to boil.
Cook, stirring constantly for 2 additional minutes.
Stir in vanilla.
Set pudding aside to cool for a few minutes.
Turn pie filling into pie pan on top of the cream cheese layer.
Refrigerate for 4 hours or until set.
Just before Serving spread remaining whipped toping over pudding layer, and garnish with shaved chocolate.