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Peanut Butter Pie Crust Recipe

A peanut butter press-in pie crust with a soft cookie-like texture. Perfect for chocolate pies, peanut butter pies, banana pies or any other pie filling that suits your fancy!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 1 Pie crust

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 56 Grams Unsalted Butter, room temperature (½ Stick)
  • 106 Grams Brown Sugar (½ Cup)
  • 112 Grams Peanut Butter (Chunky or Creamy) (½ Cup)
  • 1 Large Egg, room temperature
  • 120 Grams All Purpose Flour (1 Cup)
  • ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ½ teaspoon Salt

Instructions
 

  • In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
  • Add brown sugar and room temperature butter to a mixing bowl of a stand mixer. Using the paddle attachment cream together until light and fluffy (approximately 3 minutes), scraping side of bowl as needed. (note: a hand-mixer may also be used)
  • Add the peanut butter to the butter/sugar and mix until combined, scraping the side of bowl as needed.
  • Add a room temperature egg to butter/sugar/peanut butter and mix until combined, scraping the side of bowl as needed.
  • Add flour/baking soda/salt to mixing bowl and mix on low speed until combined.
  • Press the dough evenly into the bottom and up the sides of a 9" pie pan. Use your hands, a dough tamper or the flat bottom of a glass dipped in flour.
  • Pierce bottom and sides of pie crust with a fork about 15 times.
  • Place pie crust in the refrigerator and heat oven to 350°.
  • Once oven has reached 350°, bake pie crust for 12 minutes.
  • Cool completely before adding pie fillings.
Keyword peanut butter cookie crust, peanut butter crust, peanut butter pie crust, press in crust
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