Several years ago at Thanksgiving I brought the entire holiday dinner out to my parent's house in the Country. I packed up the lasagna, the homemade breads, the entire Thanksgiving Dinner along with all the trimmings, and at least 18 pies and made the 1 hour drive to their house. As we were unpacking everything, my father was looking at the array of pies which included just about every pie you could imagine, then said - "What?... no Peanut Butter Pie? I had never even heard of a peanut butter pie at that time, but it has been part of our Thanksgiving menu ever since. Even though my father is no longer with us, his son, grandson and great grandson are so in love with this pie that we now have to make three of them every year because two of them disappear before anyone else can have any.
Uncle Teddy's Favorite Peanut Butter Pie
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
3/4 C confectioners sugar
1/2 C creamy peanut butter
5 T milk
1 8 oz. tub Cool Whip
8 inch Oreo Cookie Crust
Beat cream cheese until fluffy, add confectioners sugar and peanut butter and beat well. Gradually add 5 tablespoons of milk while beating. Fold in cool whip, saving some for the top. Pour into crust. Put a thin layer of reserved cool whip on top and decorate with chocolate shavings or drizzle with chocolate syrup before serving. Chill pie 24 hours before serving.
You should have made four; Joey thinks that I am going to share mine with him.
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