Cream Cheese Peanut Butter Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/4 cups creamy peanut butter, not natural
• 1 (8 ounce) package softened cream cheese
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
• 1 1/4 cups chilled whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped.

Recipe

• 1 for crust: mix all ingredients in 9 inch round pie pan.
• 2 press mixture firmly into bottom and up sides of pan.
• 3 freeze while perparing peanut butter filling.
• 4 for filling: using electric mixture, beat peanut butter, cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and melted butter in large bowl.
• 5 using clean, dry beaters, beat cream with remaining 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl until peaks form.
• 6 stir 1/4 of cream into peanut butter mixture, then fold in remaining cream (mixture will be thick).
• 7 spoon into prepared crust.
• 8 refrigerate until firm.
• 9 for glaze: bring cream to boil in a heavy small saucepan.
• 10 reduce heat to low.
• 11 add chocolate and stir until melted and smooth.
• 12 cool glaze slightly; pour over filling.
• 13 tilt pan, coating top completely.
• 14 refrigerate at least one hour.