Peanut Butter Pie with Chocolate Crust
- 1 cup chopped dry roasted peanuts
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1/4 cup shaved semisweet chocolate
- Peanut butter filling, recipe follows
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons peanut butter (smooth or chunky)
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup cream, whipped
- 1 -ounce semisweet chocolate for shaving on top
- Combine the peanuts, graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter in a bowl and pat down into a pie pan.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10 minutes to toast slightly.
- As soon as it comes out of the oven, sprinkle the crust bottom with the shaved chocolate and set aside.
- It should melt in, then set up later.
- Peanut Butter Filling: Using mixer with a paddle attachment, cream together the cream cheese, peanut butter, milk and powdered sugar until light and fluffy, about 1 1/2 minutes.
- Fold the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture and pour it into the pie shell.
- Freeze for 4 to 5 hours.
- Two hours before serving place pie in the refrigerator.
- Shave chocolate over the top just before serving.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/peanut-butter-pie-with-chocolate-crust-recipe.html (may not work)