Hoosier Amish Peanut Butter Pie - No Need To Bake!

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There are many variations on peanut butter pie, some with classic homemade crusts, others with store-bought. Some have chocolate in them so that it's more like a giant Reese's Cup, others are more down-to-earth.  As far as peanut butter pie recipes go, this recipe is kind of a combination of all.

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• 🥧 Cherished Family Amish Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
• 🥧 Amish Peanut Butter Pie Ingredients
• 📋 No Bake Instructions
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🥧 Cherished Family Amish Peanut Butter Pie Recipe

The hallmark of an Amish peanut butter is just good ingredients. Now one wrinkle you'll find in Amish kitchens is a lot of homemade peanut butter, home-ground peanuts. If you can get your hands on homemade peanut butter you'll have a much more authentic pie. You will, however, have to adjust sweetness and texture as you go along. This recipe is adapted for store-bought peanut butter. Other hallmarks of Amish peanut butter pie:

• use fresh, homemade whipped cream instead of Cool Whip if you can
• use whole milk instead of skim
• feel free to make adjustments as you go along, many skilled Amish cooks are versatile and if something isn't sweet enough or is too sweet, they adjust.
• vanilla extract is your friend. This recipe dcoesn't call for any, but add a teaspoon anyway!

My parents made it (and I got to have a piece) and, man, good, good pie.

I've written before that Yoder's Restaurant in Sarasota, Florida and The Home Place both have SUPERB Peanut Butter Pies from the Amish tradition.

But this recipe is no slouch, I really like it. Like most peanut butter pies, it is a no-bake recipe and no eggs are needed.

This pie has a really smooth, silky texture, very creamy. I love it. I mean, I love peanut butter anyway, so you marry peanut butter with pie and how can you go wrong?

🥧 Amish Peanut Butter Pie Ingredients

Start with 1 - 9" graham cracker crust. I like a graham crust better than a more traditional baked pie shell. And be sure to top with homemade whipped cream or cool whip!

Peanut Butter Crumble Topping

• ½ cup powdered sugar
• ¼ cup creamy peanut butter

Peanut Butter Filling

• 1 small box instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1 ½ cups whole milk
• ½ cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• half of 1 (8 oz.) tub of thawed Cool Whip
• 1 (8 oz.) cont. Cool Whip
• (*Plus other half of crumbles )

There is no vanilla extract in this recipe, and I think it would be a nice addition. So feel free to add a teaspoon or two. When you use whole milk, make sure it is cold milk. You get a better result than if you use hot milk. And if you love peanut butter like I do, you can up the amount of peanut butter, a few more tablespoons of peanut butter here and there won't hurt anything.

📋 No Bake Instructions

How To Make Peanut Butter Crumbles

The crumbles steal the show. I love these crumbles.

1. Using an electric mixer or a wooden spoon, in a medium bowl, add powdered sugar and peanut butter.
2. Mix on medium speed or with your wooden spoon until small peanut butter crumbles start to come together.
3. If the mixture is too powdery, add a few drops of water and larger crumbles will form.
4. Add half the peanut butter crumbles to the bottom of the pie shell.

How To Make Peanut Butter Filling

1. Using a mixer or a wooden spoon, mix together the dry vanilla instant pudding mix, milk, peanut butter, and vanilla together for 2 minutes.
2. Add in the Cool Whip and fold in lightly by hand.
3. Pour pudding into pie crust on top of the peanut butter crumbles. Chill for 15 minutes uncovered.

The above part isn't the prettiest looking, but just part of the process. I mean, this is one great Amish peanut butter pie recipe. And if you are a peanut butter lover like I am, this will deliver peanut butter flavor for you!

Peanut Butter Cool Whip

1. Top with Cool Whip.
2. Sprinkle top with other half of the remaining peanut butter crumbles.
3. Chill pie in the refrigerator overnight to set before cutting.

🥧 More Amish Pies

Sour Cream Raisin Pie

Amish Butterscotch Pie

Amish Peanut Butter Pie

Chocolate Coconut Pecan Pie

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