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

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 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)
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1/4 cup chopped peanuts

Recipe

• 1 chocolate peanut butter pie.
• 2 make the chocolate cookie crust:.
• 3 1 1/2 cup crushed chocolate cream filled cookies.
• 4 1/4 cup course ground amonds.
• 5 1/4 cup sugar.
• 6 1/4 t. cinnamon.
• 7 1/8 t. mace.
• 8 1/8 t. fresh grated nutmeg.
• 9 1/4 cup melted butter.
• 10 1 t. vanilla.
• 11 1 t. dark rum (capt. morgan's spiced rum).
• 12 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.
• 13 make the pie filling:.
• 14 1 cup whipping cream.
• 15 1 t. vanilla.
• 16 8 oz. cream cheese, softened.
• 17 1 cup sugar.
• 18 1 cup peanut butter.
• 19 1 t. melted butter.
• 20 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.
• 21 make the chocolate topping:.
• 22 4 oz. semi sweet chocolate.
• 23 2 t. butter.
• 24 2 t. oil.
• 25 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.
• 26 sprinkle top of pie with 1/4 cup chopped peanuts.
• 27 slice extraordinarily thin - many people find it difficult to finish even one tiny slice!