So Mike, what brand of PB do you use so much of in your casa?

Peanut butter confections
 

My wife sometimes makes a peanut butter pie. You gotta really like the taste of peanuts to get into a peanut butter pie.

Ed



EDIT: For yellowline, below, and any others interested.

Peanut Butter Pie

One store-bought pie crust (Like graham cracker or shortbread)

One 8 oz. Philadelphia Cream Cheese (let set out to room temp.)

One small container (12-16 oz.???) Cool Whip

Sugar

Peanut Butter (we use creamy, but its your pie)

In a mixing bowl, blend the Cream Cheese and thawed Cool Whip. Add sugar to taste, no more than .25 cup, less is better IMO. Add peanut butter to taste, and again, I prefer a light touch on the PB as well, but it is your pie. Mix all this together, and flop it into the pie crust. Throw it back in the fridge for an hour or so to let it chill out. Enjoy!

^^ I gotta get me some of that.

Don, we buy JIF. Not sure why but my son is the peanutbutter officinado he he prefers it - maybe because of the high sugar content obtained using molassess or something. Skippy or JIF - I can't really tell a big difference.

We have tried almound and hazelnut butter - great stuff but pricey.

Woodpie - throw some choco shavings on top that bad boy and you got your self some good eat'n! Thanks for sharing.

Mike, pick up some Laura Scudders. Nothing added. One jar and you won't go back to the usual stuff. One thing though, it separates and needs to be refrigerated after opening. We have a PB container that is used for mixing and storing. Seems like a hassle to take it out of the jar and stir in a different container but when its new it comes out of the jar clean and its MUCH easier to mix in a larger jar.

Give it a go!

If you want even better then that, buy some dry roasted peanuts, and throw them in the food processor. That is good eatin'.

Now for the sauce thing. The Thai peanut sauces use extra peanut oil to make the sauce more liquidy. This is yummy, and does the job pretty darn well, but is very fatty. I found if you add water to peanut butter it gets harder. Add more water, and you get a great sauce. I like the consistency better then sauces with extra oil. I don't know about long term storage (e.g. on a store shelf) since this sauce I make is really good, and it dissapears every time I make it.

Ed, ooh that's sounds good! But then I'll have to buy a new food processor.:p
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