Best Fudgy Peanut Butter Ricotta Pie Recipes

SILKY PEANUT BUTTER PIE

Steps:

• Sprinkle gelatin over 1/4 cup of the milk in blender container; let stand 2 min. or until gelatin is softened. Meanwhile, heat remaining 3/4 cup milk in saucepan or microwave. Add to gelatin mixture; cover. Blend on low speed until gelatin is completely dissolved. Add peanut butter, sugar and ricotta cheese; cover. Blend on high speed until smooth. Refrigerate until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon.
• Spoon into pie crust.
• Refrigerate 3 hours or until set. Cut into 10 slices to serve. Top each serving with about 1 Tbsp. of the whipped topping and a sprinkling of peanuts. Store leftover pie in refrigerator.

OLD-FASHIONED PEANUT BUTTER PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400° F.
• In a bowl, combine cookie crumbs, melted butter, and sugar. Pat the mixture onto the bottom and sides of a buttered 9-inch pie plate. I use the flat bottom of a small measuring cup to press the crumbs in an even layer.
• Bake the shell in the 400° F oven for 10 minutes, transfer it to a rack, and let cool completely.
• Once the crust is completely cool, prepare the filling. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the peanut butter and cream cheese on medium speed until combined. Add confectioners' sugar, beat to combine. Add cream; mix on low speed until combined. Increase mixer to high speed; beat just until the mixture thickens (be careful not to overbeat).
• Spread the filling in the pie crust. Cover and refrigerate until firm; at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Garnish with chopped peanuts and whipped cream just before serving.

WHIPPED PEANUT BUTTER-CHOCOLATE RICOTTA PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine ricotta cheese, peanut butter, peanut butter powder, peanut butter syrup, cocoa powder, honey, vanilla extract, and salt in a mini food processor. Process until all ingredients are well incorporated, 1 to 2 minutes. Refrigerate until cold or ready to serve.

FUDGY PEANUT BUTTER RICOTTA PIE

Steps:

• Melt chocolate chips and spread 2/3 of it into crust bottom and up sides about half.
• Put crust in freezer and save rest for top of pie.
• With electric mixer, mix butter, peanut butter and 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar for 2 minutes at medium speed until smooth.
• Add ricotta cheese and mix for 1 additional minute on medium.
• In seperate bowl, whip heavy cream with the 1 tablespoon sugar and vanilla until it holds a soft peak.
• Gently fold cream mixture into the peanut butter mixture making sure to incorporate all of the cream.
• Get out crust from freezer and scoop filling carefully into crust.
• Refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
• With fork, drizzle remaining melted chocolate chips over top and serve.

GRANDMA'S CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE

Steps:

• Sift sugar through a fine-mesh strainer into a large bowl.
• Heat butter and peanut butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk to combine and cook until bubbles appear on the edges, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in salt and vanilla extract. Pour over powdered sugar in the bowl. Mix together using a spatula until smooth.
• Spread mixture into an 8x8-inch baking pan lined with plastic wrap. Wrap fully and refrigerate until firm enough to cut but not too hard, 1 to 3 hours.
• Unwrap fudge and cut into small cubes. Let warm up on the counter before cutting if needed.

EASY PAT-IN PRESS-IN WHOLE WHEAT PIE CRUST - GRAHAM CRACKER SUB.

Steps:

• Mix ingredients (with a fork or with your fingers) until pastry resembles corn meal.
• Press over bottom and sides of 9-inch pie plate.
• Pre-bake the empty pie shell at 350 degrees -- 10 minutes if using a pre-cooked filling (or a filling which doesn't require cooking) _OR_ 5 minutes if you will be baking the crust with the filling.

CARM'S PINEAPPLE RICOTTA PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place pie crust in a 10 inch or 9 1/2 inch deep dish pie plate. Poke holes in crust with a fork.
• Combine ricotta, yolks, and sugar. Beat until lemon colored.
• Add lemon zest, juice, pineapple and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff; fold into ricotta mixture.
• Pour mixture into the prepared pie shell.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes.
• Cool pie on wire rack. Refrigerate overnight or at least 4 hours to set. Serve cold.

LEMON RICOTTA PIE

Steps:

• For pie pastry into a 9-inch glass pie plate, flute edges and chill while making the filling.
• To make the filling; in a large bowl place the ricotta, whipping cream, eggs, 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar (or more if desired) Marsala, lemon zest, cinnamon, vanilla and almond extract and flour; mix well to combine.
• Sprinkle the crushed amaretti biscuits over the unbaked pie shell.
• Spoon the ricotta filling over the crushed biscuits and spread out evenly.
• Place the unbaked pie in the fridge for 20-25 minutes.
• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Place the pie plate on a baking sheet.
• Bake for about 1-1/4 hours or until firm to the touch (might take a little less or more time).
• Turn the oven heat off and leave the door a little open.
• Leave the pie in the oven with heat off until oven is cool.
• Cool completely before slicing.

PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in 1 cup peanut butter and sugar. Fold in 3 cups whipped topping; spoon into crust. , In a microwave-safe bowl, heat 2/3 cup hot fudge topping for 30 seconds. Pour over peanut butter layer and spread to edges of crust. Refrigerate for 2 hours. , Spread remaining whipped topping over pie. Cut into slices. Place the remaining hot fudge topping and peanut butter in two separate plastic bags. Cut a small hole in the corner of each bag; pipe topping and peanut butter over each slice of pie.,

ITALIAN RICOTTA PIE

Steps:

• To make crust, mix flour and salt in medium bowl.
• Cut in butter until mixture looks like coarse crumbs.
• Stir in egg yolk and water.
• Roll out, place crust in 10" glass pie plate and flute the edges.
• For filling, combine ricotta cheese, flour, salt, lemon and orange rinds and vanilla.
• Beat in eggs and add sugar gradually.
• Pour filling into crust and bake at 350° until firm and light brown (approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes).