Peanut Butter Pie for Mikey
As some of you might have heard, a beloved blogger's husband recently passed away suddenly from a heart attack. She posted on her blog (http://www.injennieskitchen.com) that she'd been meaning to make a peanut butter pie for him but hadn't gotten around to it. In his memory, she asked that we all make peanut butter pies.
I made this peanut butter pie for my Dad's 60th birthday. It's almost no-bake (but you do bake the crust for ~10 minutes), creamy, and delicious -- and the perfect way to celebrate loved ones <3 I hope you'll find a time in the coming weeks to whip up a peanut butter pie for your family.
Almost No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie
Recipe by: Adapted from All-Recipes
Yields: about 8-10 slices
Pie Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs (just grind 'em up, cream and all)
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup heavy whipping cream
Whipped Cream Ingredients:
2 cups heavy whipping cream
4 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
peanuts and/or mini peanut butter cups for garnish (optional)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Combine the cookie crumbs and melted butter with a fork and press into a 9-inch pie plate. Spend a few minutes working on it to make sure there aren't gaps and that it's a thin layer (I had to discard some of my cookie crumbs because 1 1/4 cups turned out to be a bit too much for my pie plate). Bake for 10 minutes. Cool completely.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, peanut butter, sugar, butter, and vanilla until smooth. Whip the cream to soft peaks. Stir 1/3 of the cream into the peanut butter mixture to lighten it up, then gently fold the rest of it in. Gently spoon the filling into your crust and use an offset spatula or the back of a spoon to smooth it out. Chill this for a few hours.
To make whipped cream, whip cream and confectioners' sugar together until you reach soft peaks. Spoon this over your peanut butter pie and top with peanuts and mini peanut butter cups for garnish, if desired. Serve immediately.
To read a story about my own brush with my dad's mortality and see more photos, please head over to Willow Bird Baking!
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I made this peanut butter pie for my Dad's 60th birthday. It's almost no-bake (but you do bake the crust for ~10 minutes), creamy, and delicious -- and the perfect way to celebrate loved ones <3 I hope you'll find a time in the coming weeks to whip up a peanut butter pie for your family.
Almost No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie
Recipe by: Adapted from All-Recipes
Yields: about 8-10 slices
Pie Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs (just grind 'em up, cream and all)
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup heavy whipping cream
Whipped Cream Ingredients:
2 cups heavy whipping cream
4 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
peanuts and/or mini peanut butter cups for garnish (optional)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Combine the cookie crumbs and melted butter with a fork and press into a 9-inch pie plate. Spend a few minutes working on it to make sure there aren't gaps and that it's a thin layer (I had to discard some of my cookie crumbs because 1 1/4 cups turned out to be a bit too much for my pie plate). Bake for 10 minutes. Cool completely.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, peanut butter, sugar, butter, and vanilla until smooth. Whip the cream to soft peaks. Stir 1/3 of the cream into the peanut butter mixture to lighten it up, then gently fold the rest of it in. Gently spoon the filling into your crust and use an offset spatula or the back of a spoon to smooth it out. Chill this for a few hours.
To make whipped cream, whip cream and confectioners' sugar together until you reach soft peaks. Spoon this over your peanut butter pie and top with peanuts and mini peanut butter cups for garnish, if desired. Serve immediately.
To read a story about my own brush with my dad's mortality and see more photos, please head over to Willow Bird Baking!
x-posted to food_porn, cooking, picturing_food, bakebakebake