Best Southern Peanut Butter Cream Pie Recipes

PEANUT BUTTER PIE

Steps:

• Place cookies in a food processor; pulse until finely crumbled, 12 to 15 pulses. Add butter; pulse until crumbs are moistened, about 6 pulses. Transfer crumbs to a 9-inch pie dish, pressing firmly into bottom and up sides. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Place cream cheese, peanut butter, and powdered sugar in bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl, and set aside. Clean mixer bowl and whisk attachment, and wipe dry.
• Add whipping cream to cleaned mixer bowl; beat on medium-high speed until medium peaks form, 2 to 3 minutes. Gently fold 2 cups of the whipped cream into peanut butter mixture. Transfer filling to prepared piecrust, and gently smooth top using a rubber spatula. Top with remaining whipped cream. Refrigerate at least 3 hours or up to 8 hours (or overnight).
• Sprinkle top with peanuts, and serve.

NO-BAKE PEANUT BUTTER CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Add the cookies, peanuts, and salt to the bowl of a food processor fitted with the chopping blade. Pulse until the cookies are crushed and peanuts have been chopped into small pieces. Add the crushed mixture to a large bowl and drizzle the melted butter over the top. Stir to coat all the crumbs in butter. Pour the crust mixture into 9-inch deep-dish pie dish. Press firmly with fingers or the bottom of a small measuring cup to form the crust in the bottom and up the sides of the dish. The crust will be thick. Refrigerate to allow the crust to firm up.
• In a medium bowl, use a mixer to beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the peanut butter and 3 tablespoons of heavy cream and mix until smooth. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, use a mixer to beat 1 cup of heavy cream until frothy. Gradually add the powdered sugar, and mix until very soft peaks begin to form. Add the peanut butter mixture to the beaten cream in three batches, mixing well after each addition. Mix until stiff peaks form. Spread the mixture into the prepared crust.
• In a small bowl, melt about 2 tablespoons of peanut butter in the microwave until pourable. Drizzle the melted peanut butter over the top of the prepared pie. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours to allow the pie to firm up. Store covered in the refrigerator. Serve chilled, topped with additional sweetened whipped cream - if desired.

REAL SOUTHERN PEANUT BUTTER PIE

Steps:

• Stir confectioners' sugar and peanut butter together in a bowl until crumbly. Remove 2 tablespoons peanut butter mixture to a small bowl and reserve as a garnish. Spread remaining peanut butter mixture into the bottom of the pie crust.
• Whisk milk, white sugar, flour, egg yolks, and salt together in a saucepan over medium heat until mixture begins to bubble and thicken, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla. Pour milk mixture over peanut butter mixture and cool pie completely in refrigerator, at least 2 hours.
• Spread whipped topping over chilled pie and sprinkle reserved 2 tablespoons peanut butter mixture over the top.

PEANUT BUTTER CREAM PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. beat in sugar and peanut butter. Gradually add milk. Fold in whipped topping; spoon into the crust. Sprinkle with peanuts. Chill overnight.

SOUTHERN PEANUT BUTTER CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Filling:.
• Mix cornstarch, yolks, salt, butter, and brown sugar together in medium saucepan; whisk in milk.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until thick.
• Remove from heat and let cool for 15 minutes.
• Stir in vanilla and peanut butter.
• Pour into crust and cover with whipped cream or meringue.
• Store in refrigerator.
• Meringue:.
• In mixer bowl beat egg whites and cream of tarter until foamy.
• Slowly add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Spread over peanut butter filling.
• Bake in a 400°F oven for 10 minutes until meringue is evenly golden brown.
• Cool before serving.

SOUTHERN PEANUT BUTTER PIE

Steps:

• To prepare the Custard:.
• Scald 1 1/2 cups of the milk in double-boiler.
• Combine sugar, salt, cornstarch in mixing bowl.
• Add remaining 1/2 cup milk to that mixture; pour into scalded milk.
• Cook (stirring) until thick.
• Slightly beat egg yolks.
• Add a little of the hot mixture to the egg yolks first then add the yolks to the custard mixture and cook 2 minutes longer.
• Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla.
• Custard should be pretty thick.
• Chill well.
• To prepare Peanut Butter Crumbs:.
• Mix together confectioner's sugar and peanut butter until crumbly.
• Sprinkle half (better if a little under half than over) of the crumb mixture in bottom of baked pie crust.
• Add chilled custard, top with whipped cream and remainder of peanut butter crumbs.