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    Home » Recipes » Amish Desserts

    Hoosier Amish Peanut Butter Pie - No Need To Bake!

    Published: Dec 9, 2022 · Updated: Dec 11, 2022 by Kevin Williams | Leave a Comment

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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.

    Hoosier Amish Peanut Butter Pie

    Jump to:
    • 🥧 Cherished Family Amish Peanut Butter Pie Recipe
    • 🥧 Amish Peanut Butter Pie Ingredients
    • 📋 No Bake Instructions
    • 🥧 More Amish Pies
    • 🖨️ Full Recipe

    🥧 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.
    Love those crumbles in the crust!

    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.
    early in the mixing process, not the most appetizing looking here...

    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.
    Look at that thick layer of peanut butter filling, man, this is a keeper of a recipe!

    🥧 More Amish Pies

    Sour Cream Raisin Pie

    Amish Butterscotch Pie

    Amish Peanut Butter Pie

    Chocolate Coconut Pecan Pie

    • Old-Fashioned Amish Marshmallow Pie
    • Amish Pat-A-Pan Pie Crust
    • Amish Mock Pecan Pie (Oatmeal Pie)
    • Amish Sawdust Pie

    🖨️ Full Recipe

    Hoosier Amish Peanut Butter Pie

    Peanut Butter Pie is an Amish tradition, full of flavor and peanutty goodness. There are many variations on this favorite, but this is a very traditional version. Try it year-round for an amazing dessert!
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    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American, Amish

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 9" graham cracker pie crust

    Crumble Topping (*Divided in half)

    • ½ cup powdered sugar
    • ¼ cup creamy peanut butter

    Peanut Butter Filling

    • 1 small box instant vanilla pudding mix
    • 11/2 cups whole milk
    • ½ cup creamy peanut butter
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • half of 1 (8 oz.) tub thawed Cool Whip

    Topping

    • 1(8 oz.) cont. Cool Whip
    • otherhalf of crumbles

    Instructions
     

    For Peanut Butter Crumbles

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

    For Peanut Butter Filling

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

    For topping

    • Top with Cool Whip.
    • Sprinkle top with other half of the remaining peanut buttercrumbles. C
    • Chill pie in the refrigerator overnight to set before cutting
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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