Oreo Memories

The first time I had the Oreo cream pie I was completely bowled over - I could not stop eating! With every bite, I kept saying to myself, "this is going to be the last bite." The smooth and creamy filling against the wonderful pie crust was something I had never had before.

This pie is so easy to make and a tad messy with all the crushed Oreo; but what the heck, it's always fun to lick the crumbs off your fingers. :D But more importantly, these will always turn out wonderfully. There is absolutely nothing that can go wrong since you're working with a few ingredients and there is no baking required.

I have been wanting to make it for a very long time and had bought all the ingredients too, but did not make it because I wanted to make it during a time I could just sit back and savour the pie at leisure. Haven't got that kind of time anymore *sigh* so I went ahead anyway.

The following recipe for the Creamy Oreo Pie is from the Nabisco site:

39 Oreo Cookies, divided

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, melted

1 pkg. (8 oz.) Philly Cream Cheese, softened

1/3 cup sugar

2 cups sweetened whipped cream

1. Crush 26 of the cookies; mix with butter until well blended. Press firmly onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate. Refrigerate while preparing filling.
2. 9 of the remaining cookies; set aside. Beat cream cheese and sugar in medium bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add chopped cookies and whipped topping; stir gently until well blended. Spoon into prepared crust.
3. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until firm. Halve remaining 4 cookies; stand on cut edges around center of pie. Or you could grind them to give you a smooth texture to make nice shapes using stencils. (With everthing I make, I try and think of how effectively can I use my favourite stencils :))

Instead of making one 9 inch pie, I made one 6 inch and one 4 inch to surprise myself with another one, when I craved for more. :) Probably the only thing I'll do differently is I will pipe out the filling to make it look prettier.

This recipe is a keeper. Makes one heck of a decadent dessert.

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