Southern Peanut Butter Pie

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/3 cup peanut butter
• 1 9-inch baked pie crust

Recipe

• 1 to prepare the custard:.
• 2 scald 1 1/2 cups of the milk in double-boiler.
• 3 combine sugar, salt, cornstarch in mixing bowl.
• 4 add remaining 1/2 cup milk to that mixture; pour into scalded milk.
• 5 cook (stirring) until thick.
• 6 slightly beat egg yolks.
• 7 add a little of the hot mixture to the egg yolks first then add the yolks to the custard mixture and cook 2 minutes longer.
• 8 remove from heat and add butter and vanilla.
• 9 custard should be pretty thick.
• 10 chill well.
• 11 to prepare peanut butter crumbs:.
• 12 mix together confectioner's sugar and peanut butter until crumbly.
• 13 sprinkle half (better if a little under half than over) of the crumb mixture in bottom of baked pie crust.
• 14 add chilled custard, top with whipped cream and remainder of peanut butter crumbs.