BACON-PEANUT BUTTER PIE

Bacon-Peanut Butter Pie image

Provided by Christine Schnepp

Categories Pies

Number Of Ingredients 10

chocolate pie crust; store bought
8 slices bacon;candied & cooked
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1 cup milk
1 cup peanut butter; creamy
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup dry roasted salted peanuts; chopped
1 1/4 cup heavy cream

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 400. Coat bacon with brown sugar and cinnamon mixture. Place on a cookie sheet covered with foil and cook for 12 minutes on each side or until done. Remove and place on wax paper.
2. Heat 1/2 cup sugar and milk in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and whisk in peanut butter and vanilla until combined well, then transfer to a bowl and cool completely in an ice bath, stir. Beat cream with an electric mixer until it just holds stiff peaks, then fold into peanut butter mixture with peanuts and 5 slices of chopped bacon gently but thoroughly. Transfer filling to pie shell, smoothing top. Cut remaining 3 bacon slices into 2-inch-long pieces and arrange in a decorative starburst shape in center of pie. Freeze pie, uncovered, until frozen hard, about 5 hours. Let pie soften slightly in refrigerator before serving, about 30 minutes.