Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Creamy Peanut Butter Pie


This is one of those recipes where I don't feel it's necessary to give you a little story before the recipe. It's peanut butter pie. Do you REALLY care what this reminds me of, why I made it, or some long story about where it originated from? No. You want a fork. And you want some pie. And I totally get it.

However- if you do care, let me be honest- there is no long story. My mom asked me to bring a peanut butter dessert to Christmas and this was suggested to me. Boy oh boy am I glad it was suggested because it was delicious. It was also my first time making homemade whipped cream. Surprising, right? I'll never buy a can again, it's just SO good homemade. Even John liked it and he isn't a whipped cream kind of guy. So yeah- go get the ingredients and get to work. Then send me a piece.

Source: Stick a Fork In It

Ingredients:
3 cups heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar
8 oz softened cream cheese
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup confectioners sugar
1 pie crust (graham cracker, Nilla wafer, or even chocolate would be good!)
4-6 full sized peanut butter cups, chopped

Directions:
1- In a stand mixer whisk together the whipping cream and sugar until it reaches the consistency of whipped cream. Remove from the mixer and set aside.
2- Beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add in the peanut butter and confectioners sugar, beating until well incorporated. Fold in half of the whipped topping.
3- Spoon the peanut butter mixture into the pie crust. Top with the remaining whipped cream. Garnish with the chopped peanut butter cups. Keep refrigerated until serving.

6 comments:

  1. Sounds and looks fabulous to eat.

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  2. love pb pie! can't wait to try this & I like hearing the story behind the recipe :)

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  3. I loooove peanut butter pie. Looks fabulous!

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  4. So glad you liked it! Making the pie was the first time I made homemdade whipped cream as well, and OMG...I couldn't stop grabbing spoonfuls ;)

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  5. This has got to be delicious! It has so many yummy ingredients!
    Fresh whipped cream is just a spoonful of heaven!

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  6. That looks divine. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog till Monday night and I'd love it if you'd come by and link your pie up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2012/01/sweets-for-saturday-51.html

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