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Today we're making an amazing peanut butter pie.
Flaky butter crust, creamy peanut butter filing,
mounds of whipped cream, drizzled with chocolate
and then chocolate-covered roasted peanuts.
This is the best thing ever,
so let's get started.
For this pie, I'm using my
super delicious, crispy pie crust recipe.
You can click up here for the full how-to video,
but basically it's 300 grams of flour,
1/4 cup of sugar,
1 cup of butter, cubed.
Whiz it all up, and then you're gonna
drizzle in about a 1/4 cup of ice water
with two tablespoons of vodka.
Super fast.
And, let me just show you, this thing is...
It just smells heavenly, and it's so crispy,
I love it with the creamy fillings.
However, if that's a little bit of work for you,
you could totally do an Oreo cookie crust.
Click up here for that recipe,
it's in my 'Mud Pie' on the blog.
This is ready to fill, it's all chilled up,
I made it a few hours ago, and now
let's make this filling.
It is so fast, it's gonna come together in a snap.
The filling is just a few ingredients
and it starts with, of course,
one generous cup of creamy peanut butter.
Right in the bowl, it does get a little bit messy.
That's not so bad, thanks rubber spatula!
Eight ounces of room temperature cream cheese.
If you only have cold cream cheese,
take this foil wrapper off and
pop it into the microwave for like 30 seconds on medium.
Just like you're heating up butter.
We're gonna cream these two ingredients up.
(mixer whirs)
And this, by the way, is delicious as is.
I would eat this by the spoonful, and have done so.
Okay, pretty quick.
Scrape that bowl down, one more whip.
Okay, now we can add in
one cup of powdered sugar.
Not leveling any of the cups in the recipe.
Just telling you, it's a more-is-more situation.
On low.
Then increase the speed.
I would scrape down once more.
Now I'm adding in a nice splash of vanilla,
about a teaspoon.
Mix it up. This right here is delicious
and I've been told that if you love
a really, really rich peanut butter pie
then this is for you.
I, however, like my pies to be silkier,
and just a little bit lighter,
so we're gonna whip up some whipped cream right now.
I actually had my whisk in the freezer for this,
so that my whipped cream would whip up extra fast.
If you're using a metal bowl you can
pop that into the freezer for a few minutes too,
and it'll whip up in a moment.
This glass bowl is a hassle though,
so, I don't know.
I only use this for you
so you can see the inside.
All right, one cup of heavy whipping cream
that we will give a whip to.
Little bit extra.
Every last drop.
Okay, we're just gonna whip this up now.
No need to add any sugar, whatever.
Increase the speed.
(mixer whirs)
Give it a minute.
Keep an eye on it.
(mixer whirs)
Let's take a look.
I wanna have soft peaks for this.
See, nice soft peak.
I like to hit the sides a bit just because
they get less of the whipping.
See?
Very nice.
Okay, we're gonna fold this in,
and by fold I mean just straight up whip it in.
It's not gonna be delicate.
Back to you.
I wanna keep this bowl clean because
this whole pie is gonna get
a mound of whipped cream topping,
and I want it to be pristine and white,
no streaks of peanut butter that are unintentional.
Get all that whipped cream out there.
Now, let's just whip it in!
On low.
Then medium.
Definitely scrape that bowl down one last time.
And if you love peanut butter pie,
but it's a bit too rich for you sometimes,
go ahead and use like, two cups of whipped cream,
or a cup and a half, and it'll
lighten the whole thing up.
If you have extra you could put it into
a little cupcake paper, or whatever you want.
Freeze it for later,
or just enjoy a snack at some point.
Okay, that's good.
All right, let's transfer that filling
into our cooled pie crust.
Smooth out the top.
And then I just wanna go crazy for a minute,
put it on a turntable,
and give it a really nice smooth.
So, if you wanted just the peanut butter pie
I would do something like this,
then you have like a pretty swirl at the very end.
Which I think is a nice presentation,
you could just drizzle some chocolate,
maybe crush up some Reese's pieces or
Justin's peanut butter cups,
and this would be totally presentable.
Everyone would love it.
You could serve that with ice cream.
This goes into the fridge to set up and chill.
You could make this the night before, and then
put the whipped cream on right before serving.
You could do the whole thing right now,
but I just think that fresh whipped cream
is better than whipped cream that's
been in the fridge for a few days, or overnight.
Let me know in the comments if you agree with me,
or if you're all about that aged whipped cream life.
Many recipes will call for Cool Whip,
I like whipped cream better.
If you love Cool Whip pile it on though,
it's totally up to you.
All right, into the fridge we go.
And, I of course have my pie that
I made yesterday, which is already all set up.
So, lets move this process along
and get to the whipped cream.
Into that same whipped cream bowl,
we're gonna add in another cup.
And, you know, it's totally up to you
if you wanna add in a bit more, like I do.
Maybe a cup and a half.
Splash of vanilla.
And this is totally up to you,
you could add in no sugar, or, you know,
up to maybe three tablespoons.
I'm adding in like two and a half tablespoons of sugar,
we'll see how that looks.
Right back on there,
and we're gonna whip this up again.
(mixer whirs)
Don't over-whip it.
If you over-whip your whipped cream
it'll curdle and kind of turn into cheese.
Like delicious cream cheese.
Giving about 1/3 of a cup of chocolate a chop.
You can decorate your pie with either
some chopped chocolate,
shaved chocolate, nothing, or melted chocolate.
I haven't decided yet so I'm going to
try it with melted chocolate and see how it looks.
And when you melt chocolate,
it's always easier to easier to melt it
if it's in small pieces, so.
Chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop.
Into a small bowl, and then into the microwave
for some, you know,
short 30 second, half-power bursts.
My microwave's here.
All right, my chocolate's all melted up,
so now it's time to assemble that pie!
Look at this. Delicious.
Transfer to a piping tip,
drizzle that on top of your whipped cream
in a zig-zaggy pattern.
And then, take a handful of roasted peanuts,
toss them in what's left of the melted chocolate,
and then just sprinkle them on top of your pie.
It's delicious and it adds
so much extra flavor and texture.
You have the flaky butter crust,
the crunchy roasted peanuts tossed in chocolate,
and it is just heaven.
Like the amount of whipped cream on top
really balances it out,
and makes it feel light, and healthy.
I'm having a me day.
Okay, it is time for a bite
and I am beyond ready (laughs).
As I thought, that is delicious!
Oh my god!
If you like this recipe,
and I am not sure how you couldn't,
check out my pie playlist.
It has my perfect pie crust recipe how-to,
all my favorite pies, and you are
going to be baking up a storm, I promise!
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