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!
Equipment
- Hand Mixer or
- Pie Pan 9"
- Bowls, measuring cups and spoons
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature
- ½ Cup Brown Sugar
- ½ Cup Peanut Butter (Chunky or Creamy)
- 1 Large Egg, room temperature
- 1 Cup All Purpose Flour
- 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 the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the paddle attachment mix together until light and fluffy (approximately 3 minutes), scraping side of bowl as needed. (note: a hand-mixer may also be used)
- Add 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.
Nutrition
Calories: 2528kcalCarbohydrates: 233gProtein: 49gFat: 164gSaturated Fat: 73gPolyunsaturated Fat: 21gMonounsaturated Fat: 59gTrans Fat: 4gCholesterol: 430mgSodium: 2824mgPotassium: 1104mgFiber: 10gSugar: 121gVitamin A: 3106IUCalcium: 229mgIron: 10mg
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