Peanut Butter Pie (Chocolate Cookie Crust)
- Source
- Recipe Keeper (handwritten, p. 117)
- Serves
- 8-10 servings
- Cook
- 375°F, 10 min (crust only)
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 1/4 cups chocolate cookie crumbs (about 20 cookies)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
Filling
- 1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp butter, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
- Grated chocolate or chocolate cookie crumbs, for garnish
Steps
- Combine crust ingredients; press into a 9-inch pie plate.
- Bake at 375°F for 10 min. Cool.
- Beat cream cheese, peanut butter, sugar, butter, and vanilla until smooth.
- Fold in whipped cream.
- Spoon into the crust.
- Garnish. Refrigerate.
Notes
- A second, simpler “Peanut Butter Pie” already exists from p. 81 (cream cheese + peanut butter + whipped topping, graham cracker crust, no bake). This is a distinct recipe with a chocolate cookie crust and a partial bake step — kept as a separate file rather than merged.
