Ingredients for Peanut Butter Fudge Pie

Series Summary

If Ben Franklin could be cajoled into amending his own words posthumously, he might say that dessert is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Though every culture has its own variation on what qualifies as dessert, sweet foods are an essential part of the human dietary experience. Their relatively minor role as a player in the nutritional pyramid belies their powerful ability to bring a smile to almost anyone's face. And dessert most of all reminds us of home, of times spent with mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, over a freshly baked pie or some milk and chocolate chip cookies.

In this free dessert cooking class on video, learn how to make two quick and easy peanut butter pie recipes. The first is a peanut butter and fudge pie. This rich, sweet dessert is sure to be the perfect end to a hearty family meal, or perhaps a great date. The second is a peanut butter meringue pie. The lightly toasted peaks of whipped cream and egg whites are the signature for this homestyle pie with a fancy twist. Either way, get step-by-step instructions on how to make these simple and sweet desserts and bake them for yourself or a friend. Enjoy!

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Karen for Expert Village today I'm going to show you how to make peanut butter pie. We have 2 different receipts to show you a peanut butter fudge pie and a peanut butter meringue pie. The peanut butter fudge pie is made with a cream cheese peanut butter filling and the peanut butter meringue pie is made with a peanut butter and pudding filling and topped with a nice meringue. The first pie we would be making today is a peanut butter fudge pie it has a creamy peanut butter filling, a fudgy layer of chocolate ganache and a crunchy graham cracker crust. Let's get our ingredients together to make sure we have everything we need. For the graham cracker crust we will be using 1 1/2 cups of ground up graham crackers, this 1 1/2 cups is also 1 package of the graham crackers ground up or 5 ounces if you want to weigh it. You can buy it ground up or you can buy it the cracker form. 1/4 cup of sugar and 1/3 cup of margarine. For the ganache layer we are going to use a ganache layer and a ganache topping we are using 8 ounces of the semi sweet chocolate and a 1/2 cup of cream. For the peanut butter cream mixture we are using a cup of confectioner's sugar, 1/2 cup of creamy peanut butter I'm using the natural type peanut butter, a teaspoon of vanilla, 8 ounces of cream cheese you can use the creamy cream cheese or you can use the block style both would work fine and 1 cup of whipping cream."