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Kenji Toma

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Pie

The crumb crust, which arrived on the American dessert scene in the 1950s, set off a craze for easy icebox pies, such as this decadent peanut butter and choclate concoction.

Martha Stewart Living, August 2007 http://www.marthastewart.com/258413/chocolate-peanut-butter-pie
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  • Yield Serves 8

Ingredients

    • 1 3/4 cups chocolate wafer crumbs (from about 36 cookies)
    • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
    • 3 tablespoons packed dark-brown sugar
    • Pinch of salt
    • 6 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
    • 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
    • 1 teaspoon coarse salt
    • 1 1/4 cups smooth peanut butter
    • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
    • 2 cups heavy cream
    • 1 ounce dark chocolate, melted, for decorating
    • 2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter, melted, for decorating

Directions

  1. Make the crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine wafer crumbs, butter, brown sugar, and salt. Press mixture firmly into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate. Bake until set, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.
  2. Make the filling: Beat cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and salt with a mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in peanut butter and vanilla.
  3. Beat heavy cream until soft peaks form. Whisk 1/3d of the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture, then gently fold in remaining whipped cream. Spoon filling into cooled crust. Freeze, uncovered, at least 4 hours (or overnight, covered with plastic wrap).
  4. Place melted chocolate in a resealable plastic bag. Snip tip from one corner of bag to make a very small opening. Holding bag about 5 inches above pie, drizzle melted chocolate over top. Repeat with melted peanut butter. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

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