Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie

By melanieroe

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 1 hour MAKES: 8 servings

Nutritional Facts
1 piece (calculated without optional toppings) equals 538 calories, 22 g fat (10 g saturated fat), 123 mg cholesterol, 379 mg sodium, 82 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 9 g protein.

Ingredients

• Pastry for single-crust pie (9 inches)
• 1-1/2 cups light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Optional toppings: broken Nutter Butter cookies, chopped peanuts and whipped topping

Details

Adapted from tasteofhome.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll pastry dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge.
In a large bowl, beat corn syrup, sugar, peanut butter and salt until blended. Beat in eggs and vanilla until smooth. Pour into pastry-lined pie plate. Bake 60-70 minutes or until top is puffed and center is almost set; cover top loosely with foil during the last 30 minutes to prevent overbrowning.
Remove foil. Cool on a wire rack. (Top may sink and crack slightly upon cooling.) Serve or refrigerate within 2 hours. Top as desired. Yield: 8 servings.
Pastry for single-crust pie (9 inches): Combine 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour and 1/4 tsp. salt; cut in 1/2 cup cold butter until crumbly. Gradually add 3-5 Tbsp. ice water, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.