Peanut Butter Pie

Name: Peanut Butter Pie
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams cream cheese, at room temperature; 296 milliliters creamy peanut butter; 296 milliliters graham cracker crumbs; 237 milliliters heavy cream; 177 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 3 Tbsps unsalted butter, melted; 2 Tbsps pure vanilla extract

For $1.1 per serving, this recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 618 calories, 13g of protein, and 47g of fat per serving. A mixture of cream cheese, creamy peanut butter, heavy cream, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Lesson Plan

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

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Oven

In a bowl, stir together the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter; press into the bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie dish.

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Graham Cracker Crumbs

Butter

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Pie Form

Bowl

Bake until brown, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool completely.

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Oven

With a heavy-duty stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk the cream at high speed until it forms stiff peaks.

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Cream

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Stand Mixer

Whisk

Transfer to a large clean bowl and set aside.

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Bowl

Fit the stand mixer with the paddle attachment and a clean bowl; add the cream cheese, peanut butter, brown sugar, and vanilla and beat at high speed until the mixture is smooth and silky.

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Peanut Butter

Cream Cheese

Brown Sugar

Vanilla

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Gently fold the cream cheese-peanut butter mixture into the whipped cream with a spatula until completely blended. Spoon into the cooled pie shell and smooth out the top.

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Peanut Butter

Whipped Cream

Cream Cheese

Pie Crust

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Spatula

Place the pie in the freezer for 1 hour or until ready to serve (if you are going to leave it in the freezer awhile, wrap it in plastic wrap after 1 hour so it doesn't get freezer burn).

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Take the pie out of the freezer 15 minutes before serving. Slice it and pig out!

Reprinted with permission from The Mac + Cheese Cookbook: 50 Simple Recipes from Homeroom, America's Favorite Mac and Cheese Restaurant, by Allison Arevalo and Erin Wade, copyright 201

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