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Milk Bar Pie

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Christopher Griffith

Anyone who has taken a bite of Milk Bar's best selling pie immediately knows the reason why it's so popular. This rich, salty-sweet pie recipe has an irresistible oat cookie crust.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    10 to 12 Servings

Ingredients

Oat Cookie Crust

Nonstick vegetable oil spray

9

tablespoons (1 stick plus 1 tablespoon) unsalted butter, room temperature, divided

tablespoons (packed) golden brown sugar, divided

2

tablespoons sugar

1

large egg

¾

cup plus 2 tablespoons old-fashioned oats

½

cup all purpose flour

teaspoon baking powder

teaspoon baking soda

¼

teaspoon (generous) salt

Filling

¾

cup sugar

½

cup (packed) golden brown sugar

1

tablespoon nonfat dry milk powder

¼

teaspoon salt

½

cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted, cooled slightly

tablespoons heavy whipping cream

4

large egg yolks

1

teaspoon vanilla extract

Powdered sugar (for dusting)

Need to make a substitution?

Preparation

  1. Oat Cookie Crust

    Step 1

    Preheat oven to 350°. Line 13x9x2" metal baking pan with parchment paper; coat with nonstick spray. Combine 6 tablespoons butter, 4 tablespoons brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons sugar in medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat mixture until light and fluffy, occasionally scraping down sides of bowl, about 2 minutes. Add egg; beat until pale and fluffy. Add oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and beat until well blended, about 1 minute. Turn oat mixture out onto prepared baking pan; press out evenly to edges of pan. Bake until light golden on top, 17 to 18 minutes. Transfer baking pan to rack and cool cookie completely.

    Step 2

    Using hands, crumble oat cookie into large bowl; add 3 tablespoons butter and 1½ tablespoons brown sugar. Rub in with fingertips until mixture is moist enough to stick together. Transfer cookie crust mixture to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Using fingers, press mixture evenly onto bottom and up sides of pie dish. Place pie dish with crust on rimmed baking sheet.

  2. Filling

    Step 3

    Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°. Whisk both sugars, milk powder, and salt in medium bowl to blend. Add melted butter and whisk until blended. Add cream, then egg yolks and vanilla and whisk until well blended. Pour filling into crust. Bake pie 30 minutes (filling may begin to bubble). Reduce oven temperature to 325°. Continue to bake pie until filling is brown in spots and set around edges but center still moves slightly when pie dish is gently shaken, about 20 minutes longer. Cool pie 2 hours in pie dish on rack. Chill uncovered overnight.

    Step 4

    Sift powdered sugar lightly over top of pie. Cut pie into wedges and serve cold.

    Do Ahead: Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover; keep chilled.

Nutrition Per Serving

12 servings
one serving contains: Calories (kcal) 350.8 %Calories from Fat 53.8 Fat (g) 21.0 Saturated Fat (g) 12.5 Cholesterol (mg) 141.3 Carbohydrates (g) 38.2 Dietary Fiber (g) 0.7 Total Sugars (g) 30.4 Net Carbs (g) 37.6 Protein (g) 3.0 Sodium (mg) 131.6