Peanut Butter Desserts
Many of us grew up eating our share of peanut butter, usually in the form of sandwiches and cookies. But as today's desserts show, it can be used for so much more, including Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake and Silky Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie. Enjoy!
PEANUT BUTTER BARS WITH SALTED CHOCOLATE GANACHE
This is from Nancy Fuller of The Food Network’s Farmhouse Rules.
Total: 1 hr 10 min; Active: 25 min; Yield: 8 servings; Level: Easy
To view this online, go to http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nancy-fuller/peanut-butter-bars-with-salted-chocolate-ganache.
Ingredients
Nonstick cooking spray, for baking dish
1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup creamy peanut butter
Kosher salt
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted
8 ounces semisweet baking chocolate, chopped into small pieces
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon flaky sea salt, optional
Directions
Coat the bottom and sides of an 8-by-8-inch baking dish with nonstick spray.
In a large bowl, stir to combine the confectioners' sugar, graham cracker crumbs, peanut butter, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and melted butter. Press the mixture into the prepared baking dish and set aside.
Place the chocolate and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Heat the cream in a small saucepan until bubbles start to form around the edges. Pour the cream over the chocolate, let sit for 1 minute and then whisk until completely melted and smooth.
Pour the ganache over the peanut butter mixture and refrigerate until the chocolate is cooled and set, at least 45 minutes and up to overnight.
Sprinkle evenly with the flaky sea salt. Cut into squares to serve.
PEANUT BUTTER PIE
There’s also a story that goes along with the Peanut Butter Pie. I’d driven cab for several years. One Friday afternoon, I got a call to pick up a single dad from the store. When I dropped him off, his son and daughter came out of the trailer to help bring in the groceries.
“Did you remember to get the stuff for the peanut butter pie?” his daughter asked. They were taking it to an early Thanksgiving gathering that weekend.
“Sure did,” he answered.
“Peanut butter pie?” I asked, as we finished unloading the groceries. “How do you make that?”
“With peanut butter, confectioner’s sugar, and a few other things,” came the answer.
The following week, I managed to pick the dad up again. This time, I managed to get the ingredients: pie crust, peanut butter, confectioner’s sugar, cream cheese and Cool Whip. It wasn’t until the third (and final) time I picked him up in as many weeks that I got the exact amounts. He used 1/3 cup each of peanut butter and sugar, both of which I upped to 1/2 cup each.
Ingredients
8-ounce tub of Cool Whip (see note)
8-ounce block of cream cheese (see note)
1/2 cup peanut butter (smooth is preferable)
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
Pie crust (see note)
Directions
Put Cool Whip, cream cheese, peanut butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. With beaters, beat on high. Pour into pie crust, smooth out, and freeze for 1 hour.
Note: Cool whip (or store equivalent) can be fat-free. Cream cheese can be regular cream cheese or the 1/3 less fat kind, but do not use fat free, as the pie won't set up right. I usually use a store-bought graham cracker crust for the pie, which is what the man used to make this. However, you can also use an Oreo cookie crust.
GRANDMA'S PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
Both of my grandmothers were great cooks. This cookie recipe is from my maternal grandmother, who loved baking cookies to go with her afternoon tea – preferrably if she could share them with family.
You can find this in my e-cookbook, Off The Wall Cooking, which I'm currently updating, complete with photos.
Ingredients
1/2 C butter
1/2 C peanut butter
1/2 C sugar
1 egg, well beaten
1-1/4 C flour
3/4 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
Directions
Cream butter & peanut butter together. Add sugar gradually & cream thoroughly. Add egg. Sift flour once before measuring. Sift flour, soda, baking powder & salt together & add to creamed mixture. Chill dough well, then form into balls the size of walnuts. Place balls on lightly greased baking sheet. Flatten with fork dipped in flour, making criss-cross pattern. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CAKE
This recipe comes from Publix.
Servings: 8; Total Time: about 3 hours; Active Time: 10 minutes
To view this recipe online, click here.
Ingredients
Butter-flavor cooking spray
1 (15.25-oz) box devil's food cake mix
2 cups water, divided
2 large eggs
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 (4-oz) semisweet chocolate bar (or morsels)
1/4 cup peanuts, chopped
8 tablespoons whipped topping
Directions
Coat 4-quart slow cooker with spray. Place cake mix, 1 cup water, and eggs in large bowl; beat with hand mixer until blended. Add peanut butter; mix well and pour mixture into slow cooker.
Microwave remaining 1 cup water on HIGH for 2 minutes or until steaming. Break chocolate into pieces, if needed, then place in water and stir until melted; let stand 1 minute to cool. Pour chocolate over batter in slow cooker.
Cover and cook on LOW for 2–2 1/2 hours (or HIGH for 1-1/2 – 1-3/4 hours) or until toothpick inserted near center comes out with fudgy crumbs. Chop peanuts. Serve cake straight from slow cooker topped with whipped topping and peanuts.
SILKY CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER PIE
This comes from Genius Kitchen, and is worth trying. (Hint: Check out the website!) This is ready in 10 minutes and serves 8.
To view this online, click here.
Ingredients
1 cup chocolate chips
16 ounces soft silken tofu, drained
2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
1 prepared graham cracker crust
Directions
Melt chocolate chips in a small bowl in microwave at high power 90 seconds.
Stir until smooth.
Cool slightly.
Place tofu, peanut butter, sugar & vanilla in blender or food processor and whirl until smooth.
Add chocolate and whirl until combined.
Pour into crust.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate several hours until filling is set.
Can garnish with peanuts, melted chocolate or whipped cream.
CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER CUP PIE
Years ago, I was on a number of recipe exchange emailing lists. One of the emailing lists had mainly Weight Watchers recipes. This one was listed with a Points value of 6.
Anyway, this recipe begins, “Layers of chocolate ice cream, hot fudge topping, and peanut butter cups fill a chocolate cookie crust in this heavenly four-ingredient dessert. It's no wonder this pie received our Test Kitchen's highest rating and became a staff favorite.”
Prep time: 13 minutes; Other: 6 hours
Ingredients
4 cups no-sugar-added chocolate ice cream
1/2 cup chopped miniature peanut butter cups (about 11 candies), divided
1 (6-ounce) cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookie pie crust (such as Oreo)
1/4 cup fat-free hot fudge topping
Directions
Let ice cream stand at room temperature 5 minutes or until slightly softened.
Combine ice cream and 1/4 cup chopped candy in a large bowl. Spoon ice cream mixture into bottom of pie crust. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup candy over top. Cover and freeze at least 6 hours or until firm. Drizzle each slice with hot fudge topping. Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 slice and 1 1/2 teaspoons hot fudge topping).
PEANUT BUTTER BARS WITH SALTED CHOCOLATE GANACHE
This is from Nancy Fuller of The Food Network’s Farmhouse Rules.
Total: 1 hr 10 min; Active: 25 min; Yield: 8 servings; Level: Easy
To view this online, go to http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nancy-fuller/peanut-butter-bars-with-salted-chocolate-ganache.
Ingredients
Nonstick cooking spray, for baking dish
1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup creamy peanut butter
Kosher salt
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted
8 ounces semisweet baking chocolate, chopped into small pieces
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon flaky sea salt, optional
Directions
Coat the bottom and sides of an 8-by-8-inch baking dish with nonstick spray.
In a large bowl, stir to combine the confectioners' sugar, graham cracker crumbs, peanut butter, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and melted butter. Press the mixture into the prepared baking dish and set aside.
Place the chocolate and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Heat the cream in a small saucepan until bubbles start to form around the edges. Pour the cream over the chocolate, let sit for 1 minute and then whisk until completely melted and smooth.
Pour the ganache over the peanut butter mixture and refrigerate until the chocolate is cooled and set, at least 45 minutes and up to overnight.
Sprinkle evenly with the flaky sea salt. Cut into squares to serve.
PEANUT BUTTER PIE
There’s also a story that goes along with the Peanut Butter Pie. I’d driven cab for several years. One Friday afternoon, I got a call to pick up a single dad from the store. When I dropped him off, his son and daughter came out of the trailer to help bring in the groceries.
“Did you remember to get the stuff for the peanut butter pie?” his daughter asked. They were taking it to an early Thanksgiving gathering that weekend.
“Sure did,” he answered.
“Peanut butter pie?” I asked, as we finished unloading the groceries. “How do you make that?”
“With peanut butter, confectioner’s sugar, and a few other things,” came the answer.
The following week, I managed to pick the dad up again. This time, I managed to get the ingredients: pie crust, peanut butter, confectioner’s sugar, cream cheese and Cool Whip. It wasn’t until the third (and final) time I picked him up in as many weeks that I got the exact amounts. He used 1/3 cup each of peanut butter and sugar, both of which I upped to 1/2 cup each.
Ingredients
8-ounce tub of Cool Whip (see note)
8-ounce block of cream cheese (see note)
1/2 cup peanut butter (smooth is preferable)
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
Pie crust (see note)
Directions
Put Cool Whip, cream cheese, peanut butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. With beaters, beat on high. Pour into pie crust, smooth out, and freeze for 1 hour.
Note: Cool whip (or store equivalent) can be fat-free. Cream cheese can be regular cream cheese or the 1/3 less fat kind, but do not use fat free, as the pie won't set up right. I usually use a store-bought graham cracker crust for the pie, which is what the man used to make this. However, you can also use an Oreo cookie crust.
GRANDMA'S PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
Both of my grandmothers were great cooks. This cookie recipe is from my maternal grandmother, who loved baking cookies to go with her afternoon tea – preferrably if she could share them with family.
You can find this in my e-cookbook, Off The Wall Cooking, which I'm currently updating, complete with photos.
Ingredients
1/2 C butter
1/2 C peanut butter
1/2 C sugar
1 egg, well beaten
1-1/4 C flour
3/4 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
Directions
Cream butter & peanut butter together. Add sugar gradually & cream thoroughly. Add egg. Sift flour once before measuring. Sift flour, soda, baking powder & salt together & add to creamed mixture. Chill dough well, then form into balls the size of walnuts. Place balls on lightly greased baking sheet. Flatten with fork dipped in flour, making criss-cross pattern. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CAKE
This recipe comes from Publix.
Servings: 8; Total Time: about 3 hours; Active Time: 10 minutes
To view this recipe online, click here.
Ingredients
Butter-flavor cooking spray
1 (15.25-oz) box devil's food cake mix
2 cups water, divided
2 large eggs
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 (4-oz) semisweet chocolate bar (or morsels)
1/4 cup peanuts, chopped
8 tablespoons whipped topping
Directions
Coat 4-quart slow cooker with spray. Place cake mix, 1 cup water, and eggs in large bowl; beat with hand mixer until blended. Add peanut butter; mix well and pour mixture into slow cooker.
Microwave remaining 1 cup water on HIGH for 2 minutes or until steaming. Break chocolate into pieces, if needed, then place in water and stir until melted; let stand 1 minute to cool. Pour chocolate over batter in slow cooker.
Cover and cook on LOW for 2–2 1/2 hours (or HIGH for 1-1/2 – 1-3/4 hours) or until toothpick inserted near center comes out with fudgy crumbs. Chop peanuts. Serve cake straight from slow cooker topped with whipped topping and peanuts.
SILKY CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER PIE
This comes from Genius Kitchen, and is worth trying. (Hint: Check out the website!) This is ready in 10 minutes and serves 8.
To view this online, click here.
Ingredients
1 cup chocolate chips
16 ounces soft silken tofu, drained
2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
1 prepared graham cracker crust
Directions
Melt chocolate chips in a small bowl in microwave at high power 90 seconds.
Stir until smooth.
Cool slightly.
Place tofu, peanut butter, sugar & vanilla in blender or food processor and whirl until smooth.
Add chocolate and whirl until combined.
Pour into crust.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate several hours until filling is set.
Can garnish with peanuts, melted chocolate or whipped cream.
CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER CUP PIE
Years ago, I was on a number of recipe exchange emailing lists. One of the emailing lists had mainly Weight Watchers recipes. This one was listed with a Points value of 6.
Anyway, this recipe begins, “Layers of chocolate ice cream, hot fudge topping, and peanut butter cups fill a chocolate cookie crust in this heavenly four-ingredient dessert. It's no wonder this pie received our Test Kitchen's highest rating and became a staff favorite.”
Prep time: 13 minutes; Other: 6 hours
Ingredients
4 cups no-sugar-added chocolate ice cream
1/2 cup chopped miniature peanut butter cups (about 11 candies), divided
1 (6-ounce) cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookie pie crust (such as Oreo)
1/4 cup fat-free hot fudge topping
Directions
Let ice cream stand at room temperature 5 minutes or until slightly softened.
Combine ice cream and 1/4 cup chopped candy in a large bowl. Spoon ice cream mixture into bottom of pie crust. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup candy over top. Cover and freeze at least 6 hours or until firm. Drizzle each slice with hot fudge topping. Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 slice and 1 1/2 teaspoons hot fudge topping).
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