No. Viii – Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

(Recipe as well as photos updated 1/18/2016)

Happy President’s Day!  Someday, somebody somewhere is going to alter the elevate “President’s Day” to “National – become purchase a mattress Monday.”  Or at to the lowest degree that’s what ane would intend alongside all the commercials as well as discounts.

In abide by of President’s Day we’ll accept a niggling history “did you lot know” lesson:

Did you lot know in that place were 8 USA Presidents born inward Virginia?  The large No. 1 George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, as well as Woodrow Wilson.  Also vi Presidents’ wives were born inward Virginia.  Mrs. Martha Washington, Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Letitia Tyler, Ellen Arthur, Edith Wilson. And final but non least, seven Presidents are buried inward Virginia: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Tyler, Taft as well as Kennedy.   Kennedy is buried at Arlington which nearly people intend is inward Washington, D.C. but it is merely across the Potomac inward Virginia.

Now that the twenty-four hours has non been totally wasted, let’s brand a rich, decadent, creamy Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie!

After spending final weekend inward Asheville North Carolina, I knew I’d have to brand a pie that could come upwards roughly the ane I tasted at The Grove Park Inn for Sunday Brunch.

This pie may non last equally pretty equally the ane from The Grove Park Inn, but the gustatory modality is pretty darn close!

This is a real rich pie, but oh-so wonderful.  If you lot similar chocolate as well as peanut butter, you’ll similar this!

(Update 1/18/2016 – based on feedback as well as comments I tested the recipe over again as well as reduced the amount of butter inward the crust.  Thank you lot all for trying my recipes as well as for reading the blog.  I made additional notes inward the recipe below.  Thanks as well as hence much!)

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No. 8 - Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

A rich, but wonderful, creamy peanut butter pie filling topped alongside chocolate ganache. Cut into pocket-size slices using a hot knife.

Course:

Pie

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

• 
  For the crust:
  


• 
  1 1/2
  cups
  graham cracker crumbs
  12 sheets
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  sugar
  


• 
  6
  tablespoons
  unsalted butter, melted
  


• 
  For the filling:
  


• 
  16
  ounces
  cream cheese
  softened
  


• 
  2
  cups
  sugar
  


• 
  1 1/2
  cups
  creamy peanut butter
  


• 
  1
  tablespoon
  vanilla
  


• 
  2
  tablespoons
  unsalted butter
  melted
  


• 
  1
  cup
  heavy whipping cream
  


• 
  For the Ganache:
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  heavy whipping cream
  


• 
  2
  ounces
  semisweet chocolate finely chopped
  good quality
  

Instructions

1. 
   
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
   
   


2. 
   
   Combine the graham cracker crumbs, saccharide as well as melted butter until good blended.   Press the mixture into the sides as well as bottom of a nine-inch deep dish pie plate.  Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.  Cool completely.
   
   


3. 
   
   Beat cream cheese as well as saccharide inward a mixing bowl.  Add the peanut butter as well as vanilla as well as mix well.  Beat inward the melted butter gradually.
   
   


4. 
   
   In a split upwards bowl, whip the cream until soft peaks form.  Gently plication the cream into the peanut butter mixture using a spatula.  Do non over beat.  Pour into the prepared, cool crust as well as refrigerate for several hours until set.
   
   


5. 
   
   Place the chopped chocolate inward a pocket-size bowl. Bring the cream to a boil inward a saucepan.  Pour the hot cream over the chocolate as well as stir gently until melted as well as smooth.  Cool slightly as well as spread evenly over the pie.  Chill until served.
   
   


6. 
   
   Cut alongside a knife that has been heated nether hot H2O as well as wiped dry out betwixt each slice.
   
   

Recipe Notes

(Inspired past times a recipe in Biltmore, Our Table To Yours, Chef's Selection Cookbook)
RECIPE as well as photos updated 1/18/2016
Recommendations: After testing this recipe a distich of times, I believe (and gustatory modality testers agree) the chocolate layer is also thick. Next fourth dimension I'll exam using chocolate curls or a drizzle of chocolate as well as update the postal service again! It's notwithstanding a deliciously rich pie - merely a hurting to cutting alongside the slab of chocolate on top.

Have a dandy calendar week as well as cheers as well as hence much for stopping by!

Tricia

Source: savingdessert.com