State Fair Winner Peanut Butter Cream Pie

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 pie shell, baked
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups milk, scalded (bring milk just to a boil)
• 3 eggs, separated
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 6 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 prepare pie shell as directed.
• 2 cut peanut butter into powdered sugar until appearance of pie dough.
• 3 place half of mixture in cooled pie shell.
• 4 combine cornstarch, sugar, salt and scalded milk, mixing well in a medium bowl.
• 5 in smaller bowl, beat egg yolks well.
• 6 pour small amount of milk mixture over beaten egg yolks and mix together.
• 7 combine egg mixture into milk mixture and cook in double boiler until thick.
• 8 add butter and vanilla and mix.
• 9 pour into prepared pie shell.
• 10 top with meringue made from the remaining 3 egg whites and 6 tablespoons sugar, adding sugar one tbs at a time, beating between each addition until fluffy.
• 11 spread meringue over pb mixture and make a few peaks with spatula.
• 12 sprinkle remainder of peanut butter mixture over meringue.
• 13 bake at 325-degrees for 30 minutes, or until brown.
• 14 can be served warm or cold. i prefer warm.