Apr 6th “Amish Peanut Butter Cream Pie”

Amish Peanut Butter Cream Pie

If you are ever in the area, you must go to Das Dutchman Essenhaus!!

It is a unique Amish style restaurant located in Middlebury, Indiana close to Shipshewana in the heart of Amish country, plus it has an inn, bakery, catering and a huge gift shop and Amish Peanut Butter Cream Pie.

That’s when we bought the kids an Amish Peanut Butter Cream Pie from Essenhaus’s bakery.

We brought it home, after stuffing our bellies full of wonderful good old-fashioned home-cooking. And…we couldn’t wait. Let me tell you, it was love at first bite. My husband, who isn’t even an avid fan of peanut butter, went completely ga-ga over it.

The hubs liked it so much and even said I wouldn’t be able to duplicate it?

Who’s he kidding? He should never tell me I can’t do something. (especially like make a pie? ha!)

That’s why I had to re-invent Amish Peanut Butter Cream Pie. #1. Because he dared me (and) #2. Because we ate the kids pie. It so easy to make and you can make it too!

This dreamy Amish Peanut Butter Cream Pie is very creamy, delicious and peanut buttery, but not over powered with peanut butter! The whipped cream adds a lightness.

It’s easy and so amazingly delectable. ‘Amish’ is referred to as being plain, but there is nothing ‘plain’ about this dessert! I promise you!

Prep Time….. 15 mins

Total Time…..3 hr 15 mins

‘Amish’ is referred to as being plain, but there is nothing ‘plain’ about this creamy, dreamy Amish Peanut Butter Cream Pie! Perfectly delectable!

Author: Kim Lange

Ingredients

1 pie crust 9-inch, baked and cooled

Peanut Butter Crumbles

1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter

Peanut Butter Filling

1 small box instant vanilla pudding mix
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup whipped cream or 1 cup of cool whip
2 cups whipped cream or 1- 8 oz. container of cool whip for topping

Instructions

Peanut Butter Crumbles

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

Peanut Butter Filling

Using a mixer, mix together the dry vanilla instant pudding mix, milk and peanut butter together for 2 minutes.
Add in the whipped cream (make sure it’s already whipped) and mix in lightly.
Pour pudding into pie crust on top of the peanut butter crumbles.
Top with whipped cream.
Add half the remaining peanut butter crumbles (or as many as you want) to the top whipped cream.
Let the pie cool in the refrigerator for at least 1-2 hours to set up before cutting.