Cream Cheese Peanut Butter Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Crust
    1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs
    1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
    6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
    2 tablespoons sugar
    1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
    Filling
    1 1/4 cups creamy peanut butter, not natural
    1 (8 ounce) package softened cream cheese
    1 cup powdered sugar
    2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
    1 1/4 cups chilled whipping cream
    1 tablespoon vanilla
    Glaze
    1/2 cup whipping cream
    4 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped.
Preparation
    For crust: Mix all ingredients in 9 inch round pie pan.
    Press mixture firmly into bottom and up sides of pan.
    Freeze while perparing peanut butter filling.
    For filling: Using electric mixture, beat peanut butter, cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and melted butter in large bowl.
    Using clean, dry beaters, beat cream with remaining 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl until peaks form.
    Stir 1/4 of cream into peanut butter mixture, then fold in remaining cream (mixture will be thick).
    Spoon into prepared crust.
    Refrigerate until firm.
    For glaze: Bring cream to boil in a heavy small saucepan.
    Reduce heat to low.
    Add chocolate and stir until melted and smooth.
    Cool glaze slightly; pour over filling.
    Tilt pan, coating top completely.
    Refrigerate at least one hour.

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