Peanut Butter Pie

On Friday night, Jordan and I went to a spaghetti supper fundraiser for his cousin and I ended up buying this awesome peanut butter pie. I gave half of it to his grandparents so that we wouldn't eat the whole thing ourselves, which we could have easily done!


Yesterday afternoon I was talking to his grandma about wanting a good peanut butter pie recipe and, of course, she pulled one right out of her recipe book. We had all the stuff to make the pie so we whipped it right up and I actually think it is even yummier than the pie I bought at the fundraiser because it was a little creamier. I'm usually really against using store bought pie crusts, but his grandma had a chocolate cookie crust she wanted to use up before it expired so we cheated a little. I think this is a great pie to bring to a picnic or church function because it calls for a lot of basic ingredients that most people already have in the kitchen, it's SUPER easy, and really fast to make. 


This recipe is from Taste of Home.


Peanut Butter Pie


Crust:
1 1/4 cups chocolate cookie crumbs (20 cookies)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted


Filling:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 cup creamy peanut butter (We only use Jif in our family!)
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup heavy cream, whipped


*Grated chocolate or cookie crumbs optional


Combine crust ingredients; press into a 9-inch pie plate. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool.


In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, peanut butter, sugar, butter and vanilla until smooth. Fold in whipped cream. Gently spoon into crust. Garnish with chocolate or cooke crumbs if desired. Refrigerate.


Jordan ended up sneaking a piece before supper last night because it looked so good. Here's how it turned out: