Sunday, August 14, 2011

peanut butter pie for mikey

mikey is the dear husband of jennie from in jennieskitchen.com, who died suddenly. the food bloggong community is making these pies in memory of mikey. here is the recipe.

mikey's peanut butter pie

1 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs or chocolate cookies
1/4 c butter melted
1/2cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1 cup whipping cream
8 oz cream cheese room temperature
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla

in a small bowl, stir together cookie crumbs and butter.. press firmly into bottom and up the sides of a pie plate or 9 inch springform pan...

melt the chocolate chips in microwave and pour over the bottom of the crust.. refrigertate while you make the filling...

beat the cream until stiff peaks form.. set aside.. place the cream cheese and peanut butter in a deep bowl and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.. beat in the sugar,,condensed milk and vanilla, beating until the filling is smooth.

gently fold 1/3 of the whipped creaminto the filling mixture and the fold in the remaining whipped cream and refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight before topping with chocolate and crusted peanuts. 8-10 servings


Rest in Peace, Mikey.

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