Fudge Pie With Peanut Butter Sauce For Valentine'S Day - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Fudge Pie
1 1/4 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, melted
1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3 large eggs
1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate morsels, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup chopped unsalted peanuts
2 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled
peanut butter, sauce (recipe below)
Cool Whip, thawed
toasted chopped peanuts
Peanut Butter Sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
1/3 cup whipping cream
1 large egg, slightly beaten
2 teaspoons vanilla

Preparation

Fudge Pie:.
Combine chocolate wafer crumbs and 1/3 cup melted butter. Press mixture firmly.
on bottom and up sides of a 9\" pie plate.
Bake at 350, for 6-8 minutes.
Beat 1/2 cup butter at medium speed using an electric mixer, until creamy.
Gradually add sugar, beating mixture until.
blended.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each.
addition.
Stir in melted chocolate morsels and vanilla.
Add flour beating at low speed just until blended.
Stir in 3/4 cup peanuts.
Pour chocolate mixture into prepared crust.
Bake at 350, for 28 minutes. Let cool on wire rack.
Peanut Butter Sauce:.
Combine brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup in a small heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
Stir in peanut butter and whipping cream, and.
cook 2 minutes.
Gradually add 1/4 of hot mixture to egg, stirring constantly.
Add to remaining hot mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute or until mixture reaches 160 degrees.
Remove from heat, and add vanilla.
Let cool.
To serve slice pie, and place 1 slice on prepared plate.
Top with Peanut Butter Sauce, whipped topping and additional chopped peanuts.