Today, I’m gonna make me a Peanut Butter Pie and I’m gonna bake it with a head and heart full of appreciation for how wonderful my life is. Why? Because life takes its twists and turns but its my job to appreciate the scenery. So today I am going to appreciate me some delicious pie made the ole fashion way.
The Ingredients for this pie recipe are:
- Confectioner’s sugar
- Peanut butter
- Milk
- White sugar
- A little salt
- Vanilla
- Cornstarch
- Eggs
- Deep Dish Pie Shell (now go ahead and bake that)
How To Make A Delicious Peanut Butter Pie
- Place your peanut butter and confectioner’s sugar in a small bowl.
- Now moosh it together with a fork. Moosh, moosh, moosh.
- You’re just kinda mixing it all up here, cutting the sugar into the peanut butter.
- After a few minutes it is gonna look like this.
Now taste a pinch of it because that stuff is Goo-ooo-ood!
- Sprinkle about half of that into the bottom of your baked pie crust.
Making the Custard
- Place your milk into a sauce pot and add your sugar.
- Add a dash of salt
- This is supposed to be a teaspoon of vanilla.
- Add in your corn starch.
- Now we’re gonna separate our eggs, putting the white in a bowl and putting the yolk in our custard.
Make sure you don’t get any yolk in your egg whites
If you get yolk in your egg whites when we go to make a meringue for the peanut butter pie out of that in just a few minutes here and it won’t make if there is any yolk in it.
- Put your yolks into the pot as well.
- Give that a good stir with a whisk.
Put this over medium heat and stir with a whisk until thickened, about ten minutes or so.
STAY WITH IT as it will scorch and it will thicken up REALLY quick.
How to Tell When the Custard Is Done
When it gest thicker, you can tell its done by dipping a spoon in it and seeing if it coats the back.
Imagine a smooth and creamy coating on the back of this spoon. If you have a hard time imagining that, squint your eyes a bit as you look at the photo and that should help.
- Now we’re going to pour our yummy homemade pudding/custard over the peanut butter crumbles in the pie shell.
Time to Make the Meringue
- Place your egg whites in a mixing bowl.
- Beat until gooooood and foamy, then add your additional sugar and mix.
- Then beat until soft peaks form.
How Do I Know If It’s A Soft Peak?
You can tell it is a soft peak when you pull the mixer up and it forms a point that falls slightly back a bit, like the loop on the top of a Dairy Queen ice cream cone. See that loop up there in the image? Just like that 🙂
Your goal is to spread the meringue over the entire pie, being sure to seal at the edges (make sure it touches the pie crust all around).
No soft peaks?
My grandmama would say: “Hon, it don’t make no nevermind, still gonna taste jes as good”
She’s right.
- Now sprinkle the rest of your peanut butter crumbles over the top of the pie.
- Bake that in a 325 degree oven for about thirty minutes.
The only thing that would make this pie any prettier is a sweet granny holding it and smiling with twinkles in her eyes.
Refrigerate for several hours before serving.
DIG IN!
Don’t mind if I do…
Ingredients
- 9 inch deep dish pie shell
- 1 Cup confectioner's sugar
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 2 cups milk
- 2/3 cup sugar
- dash salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 eggs separated
- 4 tablespoons corn starch
- 1/4 cup sugar for meringue
Instructions
- Bake empty pie shell according to directions. In a small bowl, place confectioner's sugar and peanut butter. Cut sugar into peanut butter with a fork until mixture is crumbly. Place half of mixture in bottom of baked pie shell, reserve remainder.
- In large saucepot, place egg yolks, milk, 2/3 cup sugar, vanilla, salt, and cornstarch. Cover over medium to medium low heat until thick, stirring constantly. Pour over peanut butter in pie crust.
- Beat egg whites until foamy, add sugar. Continue beating until soft peaks form. Spread over top of pie, being careful to seal at edges. Sprinkle remainder of peanut butter crumbles over top of pie.
- Bake at 325 for thirty minutes. Refrigerate for several hours before serving.
Nutrition
You may also like these peanut butter recipes:
3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
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Oh.. I wonder what it would be like with a graham cracker or chocolate cookie crust/shell? Hmm….. May have to experiment with the dadster..
I thought you said you didn’t like peanut butter….
~giggles~
I will give this super high marks all the way around! I made two today. I used a vodka pie crust I made, nice crust recipe too. Still haven’t cut them, but sure they taste as good as they smell
Ok. I had a whole other pie planned for tonight but suddenly, I find myself checking our peanut butter supply instead!
Becky, you are so sweet! Lucky family you have! ~hugs~
I LOVE your cushions and your bowls! Your pie looks wonderful too!
Thank you so much, Julie!
Makes me wish I liked peanut butter!
lol. You know Bill, I’m not a big peanut butter person myself. I mean, it’s not bad , but i don’t ever wake up and say “mmm, GOTS ta have me some peanut butter!”.
But Bill…this is soooooooooooooooooooooo good
I think that I recall someone saying that her family has allergies to peanuts, so I’m wondering if Nutella would work in place of the peanut butter for her.
Me, I’m a PB fan for life.
I think Nutella would work great in place in this, if they aren’t allergic to Hazelnuts. I love Nutella, so much that I can’t have it in my house because it is toooooooooo good!!! lol
My husband and kids go through so much peanut butter it ain’t even funny!! lol
Gratefully,
Christy
Almond butter is a good peanut butter substitute….for most. Tastes great and doesn’t contain the same allergens as peanuts.
Look for Sun Butter. You can check their website for stores near you. I found it in Kroger with the (gasp) health food. It is like peanut butter, but made with sunflower seeds instead. My son has tree nut allergies. So, I am trying to introduce this instead. I like it. I’ll have to make it in something that he doesn’t see coming. I think he has just balked at the recipes so far because he knows I’m using a fake … even though he has never had peanut butter.
Makes me wish I really liked meringue!
If you like, just leave that off, cover it in foil and bake according to directions. Let it cool and then top with whipped topping and sprinkle pb crumbles over that. It’ll be great!
Gratefully,
Christy
I grew up with my dad calling meringue “calf slobber”, therefore I didn’t eat it. He was also kind enough to take it off my pie for me. Talk about dumb. I must have been 14 before I figured out he really liked meringue and was just trying to get mine. Too late. Now I’m a dyed in the wool whipped topping fan, but there’s always somebody at the table willing to take my “calf slobber”.
Not a meringue fan and I actually think your dad got it right! It reminds me of my calf’s slobber too!! Too funny!
Ohhhh so that’s the pie from the photos! Looks scrumptious.
It was so funny, Su! I had two pieces left. I used one when we were filming the commercial and I ended up taking a bite on camera. Soon as I was done I said “I know this is odd but if anyone doesn’t mind eating after me you can have this pie here.”
Two men ate that one…then I got the last piece out and two others ate it! THEN another one ate the scraps right out of the pie dish with a spoon!!
hehehe
Well they definitely know good food when they see it!