Chocolate P-Nut Butter Pie - Shenanigan's Restaurant, Tacoma, Wa

Ingredients

Chocolate Cookie Crust

• 1 1/2 cups crushed chocolate cream filled cookies
• 1/4 cup course ground almonds
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon mace
• 1/8 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon dark rum (Capt. Morgan's spiced rum)

Pie filling

• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon melted butter

Chocolate Topping

• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons oil

Peanut Topping

• 1/4 cup chopped peanuts

Directions

1. 1

   Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie.

2. 2

   Make the Chocolate Cookie Crust:.

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   1 1/2 cup crushed chocolate cream filled cookies.

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   1/4 cup course ground amonds.

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   1/4 cup sugar.

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   1/4 t. cinnamon.

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   1/8 t. mace.

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   1/8 t. fresh grated nutmeg.

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   1/4 cup melted butter.

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    1 T. vanilla.

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    1 T. dark rum (Capt. Morgan's spiced rum).

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    Combine cookie crumbs, sugar, cinnamon, mace, nutmeg and almonds. Melt butter; add vanilla and rum. Pour butter mixture into crumbs and toss to blend well. Spray 9-inch pie plate with Pam. Press crumbs evenly into bottom and sides of pan. Set aside in cool place.

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    Make the Pie filling:.

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    1 cup whipping cream.

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    1 T. vanilla.

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    8 oz. cream cheese, softened.

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    1 cup sugar.

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    1 cup peanut butter.

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    1 T. melted butter.

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    Beat whipping cream until firm peaks form, then beat in vanilla. In separate bowl beach cream cheese until fluffy. Slowly beat in sugar, peanut butter and melted butter. Blend 1/3 of whipped cream mixture into peanut butter mixture. Fold in remaining whipped cream. Turn into Chocolate cookie crust, smoothing top with spatula. Wrap with plastic and chill two hours or overnight.

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    Make the Chocolate Topping:.

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    4 oz. semi sweet chocolate.

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    2 T. butter.

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    2 T. oil.

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    Combine all 3 ingredients in a double boiler or micro dish. Cook slowly until chocolate melts. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Spread evenly over top of cooled pie, starting at the center and working outward.

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    Sprinkle top of pie with 1/4 cup chopped peanuts.

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    Slice extraordinarily thin - many people find it difficult to finish even one tiny slice!