Samoas Cookie Pie

Samoa Pie — This Samoa pie tastes even higher than the Girl Scout cookies you grew up eating! It’s layered with caramel sauce, chocolate, and shredded coconut. YUM!



INGREDIENTS

  •  1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), melted
  •  1 enormous egg
  •  1/2 cup faded brown sugar, packed
  •  1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  •  1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  •  1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
  •  3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, for sprinkling
  •  1 1/2 cups sweetened shredded coconut, loosely laid in measuring cup (not packed)
  •  two-thirds of 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk (about 10 ounces)
  •  four to 5 ounces salted caramel sauce (homemade or store-bought, normal caramel sauce could possibly be substituted)
  •  3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted for drizzling

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 9-inch pie dish very nicely with cooking spray; set aside.
  • In a large, microwave-safe bowl melt the butter, about 1 minute on excessive power.
  • Wait momentarily earlier than including the egg so that you don’t scramble it. Add the egg, brown sugar, vanilla, and whisk till smooth.
  • Add the flour, salt, and stir till simply combined; don’t overmix.
  • Turn batter out into ready pie dish, smoothing the higher flippantly with a spatula. Bake for about 10 to twelve minutes or till edges agency up quite and middle could have began to arrange a bit. It’s by no capability done, but pie might be again to oven to bake one other 25 minutes or so.
  • Remove pie dish from oven, and evenly sprinkle 3/4 cup chocolate chips over the crust.
  • Evenly sprinkle the coconut.
  • Evenly drizzle the sweetened condensed milk (just eyeball it).
  • Evenly drizzle the caramel sauce (just eyeball it).
  • Return pan to oven and bake for about 25 minutes, or till there’s quite effervescent close to the side of dish and the middle has dried out a few and seems extra set. Cookie pie will agency up extra simply due to the fact it cools. In the remaining 10 minutes of baking, watch it like a hawk as the coconut, caramel, and sweetened condensed milk will all be inclined to burning; higher to underbake than overbake if you’re unsure.
  • Allow pie to cool in dish on a wire rack whereas you melt the chocolate for drizzling by including 3/4 cup chocolate chips to a small microwave-safe bowl and warmth to melt, about 1 minute on excessive power. Stop to examine and stir and warmth in 10-second increments till chocolate might be stirred smooth.
  • Using a spoon (or pastry bag or ziptop bag with nook cut off within the event you desire to be fancier but I didn’t bother), evenly drizzle the chocolate in lengthy vertical lines, parallel to every other, spaced about 1/2-inch apart. Pie doesn’t must be cooled so as to feature the chocolate drizzle.
  • Allow pie to proceed to cool on wire rack for a minimum of four hours (or overnight) earlier than reducing and serving. Don’t slice too early simply due to the fact chocolate drizzle wants to set and inside of pie wants to agency up or you’ll have a literal hot mess.


Addicting Samoa Pie Recipe
Growing up, I was a Girl Scout and I was vast at ‘selling’ cookies. I could literally polish off a box of Samoas after faculty whereas doing my homework. Chock up one other ‘sale’ my fogeys needed to chip in for.

Thin Mints and Samoas are my favourite Girl Scout cookies and since I already have a fast, easy, no-bake, and foolproof Thin Mints recipe, it was time to deal with Samoas. The textures and flavors are all there on this big Samoa pie. Gooey, chewy, sticky, sweet, and wonderful. Dare I say this could possibly even be higher than the actual thing?

It’s a fast, easy, no-mixer recipe that comes collectively in minutes and there’s nothing fussy about it. Making particular person Samoa cookies is far too labor-intensive and this big cookie pie is the opposite.

I made a easy stir-together dough for the crust earlier than topping it with chocolate chips, shredded coconut, sweetened condensed milk, salted caramel, and a remaining chocolate drizzle. You can use home made salted caramel or your favourite store-bought brand. I like salted caramel as the mild saltiness cuts via a few of the sweetness but normal caramel sauce is fine.

Since I didn’t dip the backside of this big cookie in chocolate like common Samoas Girl Scout cookies, I additional chocolate chips underneath the coconut layer, a la Seven Layer Bars, and there’s chocolate drizzled on top. You can by no capability have too a lot chocolate.

The cookie base is soft, chewy, dense, and the right help gadget for the chocolate, coconut, and salted caramel that will get piled on. With this recipe, it’s Girl Scout cookie season year-round. Dangerous.


What’s in This Samoa Pie?
To make this Samoa cookie pie, you’ll need:

Unsalted butter
Egg
Light brown sugar
Vanilla extract
All-purpose flour
Salt
Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Sweetened shredded coconut
Sweetened condensed milk
Salted caramel sauce
Samoa Pie

How to Make Samoa Pie
Whisk collectively the melted butter, egg, brown sugar, and vanilla earlier than stirring within the flour and salt. Turn the batter right into a greased pie dish and bake till the rims agency up quite and the middle is a bit bit set.

Remove the pie crust from the oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over top. Then, sprinkle at the shredded coconut, adopted by the sweetened condensed milk and salted caramel sauce. Return the Samoa pie to the oven and bake till there’s a few effervescent close to the side of the dish and the middle has dried out a few and seems set.

Once the cookie pie is out of the oven, permit it cool quite earlier than drizzling with melted chocolate. You’ll then ought to permit the Samoa pie set for a nice four hours, simply due to the fact it wants time to absolutely set up.

HERE’S A VIDEO ON HOW TO MAKE SAMOA PIE:
How to Store Samoa Pie
This Samoa cookie pie will reside recent for as a strong deal as 5 days at room temperature if shop in a sealed container. You too can shop it for as a strong deal as 6 months (I shop it by reducing it into small wedges, wrapping every wedge individually in plastic wrap, and setting these in a enormous zip-top bag).

Can I Use Regular Caramel Sauce?
Yes, you possibly can use normal or salted caramel sauce for this cookie pie recipe. Use whichever you've got on hand!


Tips for Making a Samoa Pie
You’ll use about two-thirds of a essential 14-ounce can of sweetened condensed milk. Just eyeball it simply due to the fact it’s method too sticky to measure. The leftover portion might be utilized in coffee, iced coffee, no-bake truffles, or simply consume it with a spoon.

Also, you ought to look at your pie like a hawk throughout the remaining 10 minutes of baking. The coconut, caramel, and sweetened condensed milk are all inclined to burning, so it’s higher to beneath bake than over bake if you’re unsure.

Finally, you MUST permit this Samoa pie cool for a minimum of four hours (or overnight) earlier than reducing and serving it. If you attempt to slice the pie immediately, you’ll have a literal hot mess in your fingers and it’ll be impossible to consume a slice.

NOTES
Pie is greatest fresh, but will preserve hermetic at room temperature for as a strong deal as 5 days, or within the freezer for as a strong deal as 6 months. I shop it by reducing into small wedges, wrapping every wedge individually in plasticwrap, and setting these in a enormous ziptop bag.