Magic Peanut Butter Pie Recipe

“Magic” Peanut Butter Pie Recipe

(Winner of the Best Organic Dessert prize at my work)

The Crust

This crust was seat-of-the-pants. I’ve used a premade oreo crust before with no complaints, but I needed it to be gluten-free, so I cobbled together my own crust at the last minute.

a stick of organic butter
chopped walnuts (how many, you ask? I dunno. Like … three quarters of a cup? Ish?)
some organic cane sugar (how much, you ask? I dunno. Like … a tablespoon? Or two?)
organic coconut flour* (…you already know where this is going, don’t you?)*
fair trade chocolate chips

Toast the walnuts in the butter (stove/pan) until it smells glorious. Don’t burn the nuts. That’s not glorious at all.

Mix together till it seems like a good consistency, then bake at 350 till a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely before adding the rest of the pie.

The Pie

one 16oz jar of REALLY good peanut butter (I used Smucker’s natural – ingredient list was “peanuts, salt”. Other peanut butters don’t have the right consistency — you can skimp on the rest of the organic stuff, but get the right peanut butter!)
3/4 cup of honey (I used a local honey out of Mt. Horeb)
a block of softened organic cream cheese
1 tub of cool whip (alas, nothing else quite works as well as this horrible, delicious nonsense)

Blend the honey and cream cheese until it’s pretty well smoothed out. Add the entire jar of peanut butter (oil included) and blend till your arms ache, then hand it off to an unsuspecting bystander to finish. Gently fold in the cool whip. Dollop most of it in the pie shell.

Realize you have too much filling. Eat the excess, congratulating yourself on finding such an elegant solution to what could have rapidly turned into a horrific problem. ;)

The Topping

Some chocolate chips
Some organic coconut oil (this worked MUCH better than the shortening or butter I’ve tried in the past)

Heat the chips and coconut oil (stovetop gives you more control, careful not to burn the chocolate) till you get something that can be drizzled. Drizzle.

It’s up to you if you clean the pan with a spatula or your finger before you wash it.

Finishing

Pop in the fridge overnight and voila! Instant deliciousness.

I’d have taken a picture, but it was eaten so quickly that there really wasn’t anything but carnage by the time I thought of making a blog post.

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