Peanut Butter Pie With Fudge Topping

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, cut into pieces,room temperature
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup chilled heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 6 ounces chocolate, chopped

Recipe

• 1 for crust: generously butter 9 inch glass pie plate.
• 2 mix all crust ingredients in medium bowl and press into plate.
• 3 refrigerate 1 hour.
• 4 for filling: beat cream cheese and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended.
• 5 add 1 cup icing sugar and butter and beat until fluffy.
• 6 beat cream in separate bowl until soft peaks form.
• 7 gradually add remaining 2 tblsps sugar and vanilla and beat to stiff peaks.
• 8 fold 1/3 of cream into peanut butter mixture to lighten.
• 9 gently fold in remainder.
• 10 spoon into crust.
• 11 refrigerate until firm, about 3 – 4 hours.
• 12 for topping: melt chocolate with cream; stir until smooth.
• 13 cool to lukewarm and spread over pie.
• 14 refrigerate until firm, about 3 – 4 hours.
• 15 can be prepared 1 day ahead.