First make the cereal milk to be used in pie filling.
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Measure out 3 ¼ Cups of milk into a pitcher. Add 4 cups of Cap’n Crunch® Original and stir vigorously. Make sure all cereal is submerged in milk.
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Let sit for 20 - 30 minutes. Make pie crust while cereal milk is steeping.
PIE CRUST:
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Grind 3 cups of Cap’n Crunch® Original in a food processor (or crush up in a plastic bag), place in a medium bowl and set aside.
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Melt ½ cup of margarine and pour into the crushed-up cereal, mix together thoroughly.
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Press mixture into 9” pie pan, ensuring cereal is firmly up the sides and pressed into the bottom of pan. Place in freezer to set.
PIE FILLING:
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Strain cereal milk through mesh sieve and measure out 3 cups for the pie filling.
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In a medium saucepan, warm cereal milk over medium heat, almost to a boil. Set aside to cool for about 10 minutes.
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Whisk up egg yolks in small bowl, set aside.
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Whisk the dry ingredients (granulated sugar, cornstarch and salt) into the cereal milk. Cook over medium-high heat to thicken. Whisk continuously so as to not burn the mixture.
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Temper the eggs by slowly stirring in a cup of the milk mixture into the egg yolks. (This keeps the eggs from scrambling when adding to the pot.)
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Add the tempered egg mixture back into the pot while whisking. Cook and stir on medium heat for an additional 2-3 minutes. Custard should be thick and bubbling.
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Remove pot from heat and stir in cubed margarine until melted in. Stir in vanilla extract.
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Transfer mixture to bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let chill on counter to room temperature.
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Once mixture is at room temperature, pour into prepared pie crust and smooth top with spatula.
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Cover pie and refrigerate overnight to set completely.
WHIPPED CREAM (OPTIONAL):
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To make whipped cream, stir together the heavy whipping cream and confectioners’ sugar in a mixing bowl fitted with whisk attachment. Whip until soft peaks form.
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Add in vanilla extract and continue whipping until stiff peaks form.
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Top pie with whipped cream and cereal pieces as desired.