Fudge Pie With Peanut Butter Sauce for Valentine's Day

Ingredients

Fudge Pie

• 1 1/4 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
• 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 3 large eggs

• 1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate morsels, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup chopped unsalted peanuts

• 2 (1 ounce)  squares semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled
• peanut butter, sauce (recipe below)
• Cool Whip, thawed
• toasted chopped peanuts

Peanut Butter Sauce

• 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1/3 cup whipping cream
• 1 large egg, slightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions

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   Fudge Pie:.

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   Combine chocolate wafer crumbs and 1/3 cup melted butter. Press mixture firmly.

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   on bottom and up sides of a 9" pie plate.

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   Bake at 350, for 6-8 minutes.

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   Beat 1/2 cup butter at medium speed using an electric mixer, until creamy.

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   Gradually add sugar, beating mixture until.

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   blended.

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   Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each.

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   addition.

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    Stir in melted chocolate morsels and vanilla.

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    Add flour beating at low speed just until blended.

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    Stir in 3/4 cup peanuts.

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    Pour chocolate mixture into prepared crust.

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    Bake at 350, for 28 minutes. Let cool on wire rack.

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    Peanut Butter Sauce:.

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    Combine brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup in a small heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently.

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    Stir in peanut butter and whipping cream, and.

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    cook 2 minutes.

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    Gradually add 1/4 of hot mixture to egg, stirring constantly.

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    Add to remaining hot mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute or until mixture reaches 160 degrees.

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    Remove from heat, and add vanilla.

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    Let cool.

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    To serve slice pie, and place 1 slice on prepared plate.

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    Top with Peanut Butter Sauce, whipped topping and additional chopped peanuts.