Food You Can Eat: Peanut Butter Pie

The two greatest things in the world: Peanut Butter AND Pie

I would have made this a third time in a row if I didn't have so many more recipes to go.

First things first:  This is my second go at this recipe.  The first recipe—although quite good—needed some adjustments.  I needed to change up my graham cracker crust recipe (which wasn’t provided in the original document so I was improvising), and the amount of filling only went about 1/3 of the way up the shell.  I’m guessing the pie pan my grandmother used for this recipe was not 9” in diameter.  Either that, or she did what I did with the first pie which was to use whipped cream as a second layer.  So, I doubled the filling amounts, except for the powdered sugar.  I also used a full brick of cream cheese, rather than six ounces.

A caveat before we get started:  The recipe calls for Cool Whip, but fuck that shit.  I whipped real heavy cream and folded that into the peanut butter mixture.  It held up very well. Also, the recipe listed here is using the original measurements for the filling.

Here’s what you’ll need:

1 ¼ Cups Graham Cracker Crumbs

¼ Cup Sugar

⅓ Cup Butter, very soft

⅓ Cup Crunchy Peanut Butter

1 Cup Powdered Sugar

3 oz. Cream Cheese

9 oz. Cool Whip

Mix graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter together until thoroughly combined.  Press into pie pan using a spoon. 

I used a measuring cup to flatten the bottom, and a spoon to contour the sides.

Bake in a 325-degree oven for 10 minutes.  Allow to cool completely.

Baking helps the crust hold together better than freezing or just refrigerating.

Cream together peanut butter and cream cheese.  Slowly add powdered sugar until thoroughly mixed. 

Yes, I was tempted to just eat this as is. I settled for licking the paddle.

Fold in Cool Whip.

Pour filling into pie shell and spread evenly.  Chill overnight.

I made this in the morning so I could eat it in the evening. No way was I waiting 24 hours.

It was not a sacrifice to eat this pie twice.  It is exquisite.

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