Yoder's Amish Peanut Butter Pie
Yoder's Amish Peanut Butter Pie is a classic, light pudding pie with peanut butter crumbles. It is a perfect treat for the whole family.
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 Deep dish pie crust, baked you can make a crust from scratch or buy one at the store.
Pudding
- 4 cups cold milk
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 TBS butter
- 2/3 cup sugar
Crumb Mixture
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
Topping
- 2 cups sweetend whipped topping I use Cool Whip
Instructions
Pudding
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In a medium bowl, mix corn starch, salt, 1 cup of milk, egg yolks, and vanilla with a wire whisk until smooth. Set aside mixture.
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In a medium sauce pan heat 3 cups of milk, butter and sugar until scalding., stirring constantly. Add the corn starch mixture to the hot milk while stirring with a whisk. Cook until thickened. Remove from heat before boiling. CHILL.
Crumb Mixture
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Mix powdered sugar and peanut butter until small crumbs form (with mixer).
Assemble the Pie
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Place 1/2 of the crumb mixture into the pie shell. Spoon chilled pudding on top of crumbs. Place remaining crumbs on top of pudding-reserving a little to sprinkle on top. Top with whipped topping and crumb sprinkles.
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Keep refrigerated.
Recipe Notes
1. See blog post for how to scald milk.
2. Chill pudding in refrigerator until it sets up, at least 1 hour.