Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
 
 
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Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 9 inch pie
Ingredients
  • Crust:
  • 30 chocolate wafer cookies or 14 graham cracker sheets
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • Peanut butter layer:
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • ⅓ cup confectioner's sugar
  • Chocolate layer:
  • 2 cups milk
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 4 large egg yolks
  • 2 tablespoons brewed coffee, cooled (or 1 tsp grounds)
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
  • 1 Chocolate Crumb Crust
  • Homemade whipped cream, shaved chocolate and peanuts, for topping (optional)
Instructions
  1. Crust:
  2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grind the cookies and sugar in a food processor. Add the melted butter and pulse until moist. Press into a 9-inch pie plate and bake until firm, 18 to 22 minutes. Let cool before filling.
  3. Peanut butter layer:
  4. Beat the peanut butter with the confectioners' sugar until smooth and spread in the crust.
  5. Chocolate layer:
  6. Heat the milk in a large saucepan until hot but not boiling. Whisk the sugar, cornstarch and salt in a large bowl, then whisk in the egg yolks, coffee and vanilla. Whisk half of the hot milk into the egg mixture until smooth, then gradually whisk the egg mixture into the pan with the remaining milk. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture boils and thickens, about 3 to 6 minutes (you want it to be the consistency of pudding). Remove from the heat and whisk in the chocolate until melted. Transfer to a bowl and cool slightly, stirring a few times to prevent a skin from forming.
  7. Pour the filling into the crust; press plastic wrap directly onto the surface and chill until set, at least 4 hours. Top with whipped cream and shaved chocolate.
Recipe by The Amiable Cooks at https://theamiablecooks.com/chocolate-peanut-butter-pie-plus-video-snippet-on-cooking-the-chocolate-layer/