Looking for the perfect holiday pie? This Caramel Cream Pie is delicious, and has an easy homemade crust!
I have big news today! HUGE news.
For those of you who know me, or have been following my blog for the past 4 years, you know I am not a pie crust baker. Like seriously, I just can’t do it. I can do graham cracker crusts, chocolate cookie crusts…but a traditional pie crust? Never.
Until now. Go ahead…Look at this photo. Yep, that’s my beautiful crust.
Okay so I have a little work to do on “fluting” the edges. But the taste is marvelous. And it’s FLAKY you guys.
I’ve used the Crisco baking sticks many times in the past….for chocolate chip cookies. But never to try making a pie crust. I followed the recipe, exactly, to make a single crust pie.
The key is the liquid. Only adding enough until the dough holds together. Also, starting with COLD Crisco baking sticks. After making your pie crust dough into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for at least 30 minutes. Again, baking it cold keeps it flaky. I’m a believer in this recipe!!
Since I was able to make a delicious crust, I had to fill it with something worthy and amazing.
I scoured my pantry for ideas…and a single can of dulce de leche kept calling my name. I made a creamy caramel pie filling (and added a little extra dulce de leche to the bottom of the pie too for a contrast in appearance, as well as a boost of caramel flavor!
It turned out just how I wanted. I topped it with a little extra homemade whipped cream and I think we’ve got success.
I can’t wait to get back in the kitchen and try out some new pie recipes! I’m feeling confident in this crust that I can’t wait to see more pies here on Shugary Sweets (who would have thought I’d say that).
Plus…duh…it’s #piday (well, it is this weekend). If you’re a math guru this may just be your favorite day of the year! And I just made it better with a Caramel Cream Pie. Boom!
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Caramel Cream Pie
Sweet Caramel Cream Pie with a delicious layer of dulce de leche!
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 1 ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ stick (½ cup) chilled Crisco Baking Sticks (all-vegetable shortening)
- 3-6 Tbsp ice cold water
For the filling:
- 1 can dulce de leche caramel (divided)
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 2 ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
Instructions
For the crust:
- Blend flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut shortening into flour mixture using a pastry blender (or fork). Stir in water, by tablespoon, until dough holds together (I used 4 Tbsp)
- Test dough for proper moistness by squeezing a marble sized ball of dough in your hand. If it holds together firmly, you're good. If it crumbles, add more water (tablespoon at a time) until dough is moist enough to form a smooth ball.
- Shape dough into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes (up to 48 hours).
- Roll dough from center outward into a circle on a lightly floured surface. You want the circle to be about 2 inches larger than your pie plate. Transfer dough to pie plate. Trim edges of dough, folding the edge under to flute dough as desired. Prick bottom of crust with a fork.
- Bake crust in a 425 degree oven (in the lower third of the oven) for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown.
- Remove from oven and cool completely.
For the filling:
- In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese with ½ cup of dulce de leche and powdered sugar. Set aside. In a clean and COLD mixing bowl, beat heavy cream with granulated sugar for a couple minutes until stiff peaks form. Remove about ½ cup of the whipped cream and reserve it for the garnish.
- To the remainder of the whipped cream, fold in the caramel cream cheese mixture until fully blended. With the remaining dulce de leche, reserve about 1-2 Tbsp for garnish. Spread the remainder in the bottom of your cooled pie crust. Top with caramel cream mixture. Top with reserved whipped cream. Melt dulce de leche in microwave and drizzle over pie. Refrigerate pie for 4 hours or overnight. Slice and enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 323Total Fat: 25gSaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 76mgSodium: 185mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 0gSugar: 11gProtein: 4g
*Nutrition facts are an estimate and not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietitian for special diet advice.
Hi Aimee, I’m dying to make this recipe for my parents 50th anniversary – they love caramel! But I need to know what size can of the caramel you used and also is it 2 cups of finished whipped cream that gets folded in? Thanks in advance!
Can you make this crust with butter instead of crisco?
I’m not an experienced pie maker so forgive my ignorance.
How could i make the filling more dense?
It’s a good consistency but i would like to make it more like a cheesecake. Maybe not quite so dense, but just a little more. Thanks!
I like your post, but I wish you’d separate out the Pie Crust into a separate blog post. Then, I could more easily link to it and send other people the link. Some people don’t like a Caramel Cream Pie … they just want to learn how to do your crust.
Do you think that would be a good idea?
Okay, thank you.
How big and deep is the pie dish please ? Is it deep, perhaps that’s why others had so much filling leftover because they only used a shallow pie dish. Thank you in advance. I will be making this for sure once I know what size dish to use.
Hmm, I use a Pampered Chef pie plate, and it’s probably a little deeper than a glass one.
Hi Aimee, Thanks for sharing the Caramel Cream Pie Recipe. I love apple pie with vanilla ice cream. I am excited to know that you made your own pie crust. Definitely, I will try this one on weekend.
Hi Aimee,
Honestly, you’ve shared some really scrumptious recipes here and oh my gosh, I just want ALL of them. I’m totally drooling over here!
Plan to make this, but I too am curious to the amount of whipped cream. As Natalie above experienced, 2 1/2 cups of whipping cream will make a lot of whipped cream! Think I’ll try using 2 1/2 cups of cream after it’s whipped.
Hey! I made this today and had enough filling for two pie shells. I thought you meant already whipped cream in the ingredient list, but then you say to whip the cream. So I whipped 2 1/2 cups of cream and ended up with two pies. Haha. It’s still really good so complaints here. Just wondered if there was a typo somewhere…. thanks Aimee!
Is it whipped cream or whipping cream?
Whipping cream…heavy cream. Sorry about the misunderstanding!
I’m so glad you made your own pie crust. Homemade pie crust is the best!
What an amazing pie! Must be delish! But there’s no way I’m making my own crust, however that cream is to die for! – Love, Anna
I’m going to use a store bought crust.
This pie looks great. I would like to know more specifically about the can of dulce de leche – is that a sweetened condensed milk product, or different? I live in Canada so we don’t get a lot things that are available in the US.
Also the size of the can.
Thanks
how much heavy cream do u need to make 2 1/2 cups whipped cream? im new at using heavy whipping cream and dont always have the best of luck. im sure using dream whip or cool whip would change the flavor so dont want to use them unless i have do.. this is the first time on this site so ladies out there in baking land help me out….thnx
Apple pie ala mode (of course) is my favorite.
Pecan Pie!
It’s a tie between blueberry and (cliche alert!) my mom’s Thanksgiving apple pies.
Thank you for the recipe! I made this today, the first time I had made pie crust! Making the crust was easy, it tasted great though mine was a little too flaky/fall apart (not enough water?). Also I made the dulce de leche from sweetened condensed milk, baked it in the pie pan set in water for 1.5hrs.
The filling is to die for. It made a lot for a 9″ pie, it fills it above the edge which was fine. I think I would use just 1.5-2 cups of whipping cream next time to make the pie filling more dense. The cream cheese and caramel mixture is sinful, YUM!!
Lemon is my fav,but this caramel may give it a good run!
CARAMEL PIE??! Oh my gosh I’m dying. So soooo good.