A simple no-bake peanut butter pie recipe that's silky smooth, luxuriously rich and packed with peanut butter flavor.
JUMP TO RECIPEGrowing up, Nanny made these peanut butter pies that were very basic, thin and understated and they were THE BEST pies ever!
Sometimes she'd top them with whipped cream but, for the most part, she just served them plain and that's how we liked them best because we'd just pick the whole slice up and eat it like pizza.
The texture is firm enough to mostly hold its shape but we'd still be licking peanut butter cream from our fingers like little puppies.
INGREDIENTS FOR NANNY'S PEANUT BUTTER CREAM PIE
This pie is super simple and uses common ingredients easy to find! All you need to make these pies is:
- Cream cheese
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Peanut butter
- Powdered sugar
- Cool whip
- Chocolate pie crusts
Nanny didn't make hers with chocolate graham cracker crusts because there wasn't any such thing back then. I don't actually remember what sort of crust she used. Her recipe card just reads to "fill two shallow pie pastries".
You can use whichever crusts you like best but I definitely prefer the little bit of chocolate with the peanut butter. Regular graham cracker crusts are great too, though!
If you use pastry pie shells, just be sure to cook and completely cool them before adding the filling.
NOTES ON MAKING NANNY'S PEANUT BUTTER CREAM PIE
- Feel free to top the pie with whipped cream or additional Cool Whip.
- Garnish with chocolate sauce or chopped peanuts if desired.
- I've never made this with crunchy peanut butter but I imagine it would work just fine.
- Use traditional peanut butter. Homemade and other nut butters are too thin to work with this recipe.
- If your pie isn't set after 4-6 hours, freeze for 1 hour to speed up the process.
- The texture isn't firm like cheesecake, it's supposed to be little wiggly.
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Recipe for Nanny's Peanut Butter Cream Pie
Nanny's Peanut Butter Cream Pie
A simple no-bake peanut butter pie recipe that's silky smooth, luxuriously rich and packed with peanut butter flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 8-oz block cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 14-oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 8-oz carton cool whip, thawed
- 2 chocolate graham cracker pie crusts
Instructions
- Whip cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth. 8-oz cream cheese
- Add sweetened condensed milk, peanut butter and powdered sugar then mix until well combined. 1 can condensed milk, 1 c. peanut butter, 1 c. powdered sugar
- Add half of cool whip then mix until smooth.
- Fold in remaining cool whip then mix until just combined.
- Spoon mixture evenly into pie crusts then refrigerate 4-6 hours or overnight.
Notes
- Feel free to top the pie with whipped cream or additional Cool Whip.
- Garnish with chocolate sauce or chopped peanuts if desired.
- I've never made this with crunchy peanut butter but I imagine it would work just fine.
- Use traditional peanut butter. Homemade and other nut butters are too thin to work with this recipe.
- If your pie isn't set after 4-6 hours, freeze for 1 hour to speed up the process.
- The texture isn't firm like cheesecake, it's supposed to be little wiggly.
Is there some way to pin this recipe? The red pin button at the bottom of the recipe gives a message that there is nothing pinnable on this page. I would love to pin this to make at a later time. Thanks!!!
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