Peanut Butter Pie
Peanut butter pie is the (nearly) no-bake, creamy, dreamy dessert that you need this summer. Super simple ingredients come together to make the absolute best peanut butter dessert out there, try it and see!
Servings: 12 servings
Equipment
- 9 inch deep dish pie plate
Ingredients
for the crust
- 16 whole graham crackers (to make 2 cups crumbs)
- 5 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
for the peanut butter filling
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt (optional)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup whipping cream
for the topping
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 2 Tbsp confectioner's sugar (optional)
- 1/3 cup roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- In a food processor, blend the graham crackers until finely ground.
- Transfer the crumbs to a bowl and mix with the melted butter until uniform and clumpy.
- Add the crumb mixture to an 9-inch deep dish pie plate. Press them into the bottom and up the sides to form a crust. I like to use a cup measure with a flat bottom to do this.
- Bake the pie crust for 10 minutes, then remove and allow to cool completely.
- To make the peanut butter filling, wipe out your food processor and add the cream cheese, peanut butter, powdered sugar, salt, and vanilla extract to the bowl.
- Process until uniform.
- In a separate bowl, whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form.
- Add the peanut butter mixture, starting with a little bit, to the whipped cream and fold it together until there are no streaks.
- Pour the peanut butter filling into the cooled pie crust, and chill in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours, or up to overnight.
- When ready to serve, whip 1/2 cup cream with the sugar to stiff peaks. Top with the whipped cream and crushed peanuts.
Notes
- If you'd like to reduce the calories in this dessert, try using low fat cream cheese, and omitting the whipped cream topping.
- Recipe slightly adapted from Southern Living
Nutrition
Calories: 398 kcal · Carbohydrates: 16 g · Protein: 8 g · Fat: 35 g · Saturated Fat: 16 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 4 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 12 g · Trans Fat: 0.2 g · Cholesterol: 65 mg · Sodium: 187 mg · Potassium: 211 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 12 g · Vitamin A: 837 IU · Vitamin C: 0.2 mg · Calcium: 55 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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