Peanut Butter Marshmallow Pie
Peanut Butter Marshmallow Pie
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Ingredients
Graham Flour Crust
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 cups Graham Flour/Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
- 1/4 cup milk
Fluffernutter Filling
- 2 cups heavy cream, chilled
- 1/2 cup fat free half and half
- 1 scant tablespoon Instant ClearJel
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup Marshmallow Fluff
- 1 1/4 cup peanut butter, divided
Directions
1) For the crust: Cream the butter, sugar, and salt in the bowl of your mixer until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolk and blend well.
2) Add 1 cup of the graham flour and blend until the mixture smooths out. It will seem quite sandy at first, but will be cohesive in 1 to 2 minutes.
3) Add the milk and the remaining cup of flour. Beat until the mixture forms a moist, firm dough. It will feel very similar to cookie dough.
4) Divide the dough into two equal portions and wrap each in plastic wrap. Chill for at least 2 hours, or up to overnight.
5) Remove one piece of the chilled dough (save the other for another project) and roll on a lightly floured surface to fit a 9" pie pan. Place the dough in the lightly greased pan and bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until browned and fragrant. Cool completely before adding the filling.
6) To prepare the filling: Place the cream and fat free half and half in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat until the whisk leaves a trail in the cream.
7) Blend together the sugar and Instant ClearJel in a small bowl. This will prevent clumping when adding to the filling. Add the sugar/Instant ClearJel mixture, one cup of peanut butter, and the Fluff to the cream. Beat until well combined, thick, and fluffy. Little unblended bits of Fluff are fine, even desirable depending on your taste.
8) To assemble: Spread the remaining 1/4 cup of peanut butter in the cooled pie shell. Heap in the fluffy filling, spreading to fill the shell.
9) Loosely cover the pie with plastic wrap and chill for at least 4 hours, or overnight. Serve cold.
Yield: one 9" pie, 8 to 10 servings.
Reviews
- I have to admit that I cheated and used a chocolate cookie crumb crust. I live in Wyoming and finding whole wheat pastry flour is impossible, and I wanted to try this pie before going on a diet. It was to die for! Really decadent! I love peanut butter and this recipe has all the others I have tried beaten hands down! Way to go KAF!
- My first swing at this recipe got lukewarm reviews from the kids. Second time around, I used a regular old graham cracker crust (kids found the graham flour crust to be a little "bitter"), and replaced the 1/4 cup of peanut butter with a simple chocolate ganache (3/4 cup cream, 2TB butter, 6 oz semi-sweet chocolate). My one daughter callled it "so amazing." I also used 2TB of KAF pie filling enhancer and 1TB of superfine sugar instead of the 1TB clearjel and 2TB sugar. Consistency was perfect.
- What is the difference between instant clear gel and the Signature Secrets Culinary Thickener? I thought they were interchangable. When can you use one, when can you use the other?
The significant differences are these: Instant ClearJel must be combined with sugar before addition to prevent lumping. Signature Secrets may be added directly to hot and cold liquid. Please call us on the Hot Line: 800-827-6396, we're happy to assist you with ingredient selection. Frank @ KAF.
- Was much improved with a layer of bitterweet chocolate lining the pie crust instead of more peanut butter - cuts the sweetness and adds great flavor. 1/3 cup melted chocolate would do it. Can substitute semisweet.
- The taste brought me way back. One question though...Is there a substitute for clear gel?
In this application, there really isnt' a good substitute for the Clear-jel. Mary@ KAF
- What if you do not have clear gel? Is there a substitute?
In this application, there really isn't a good substitute. I highly recommend this product for making the ABSOLUTE BEST fruit pies. "Tis the season-Mary@KAF
- I have not made the recipe but in reading it I cannot understand why you would add fat free half and half to the cream. It is an ingredient I do not keep in my kitchen and would never put into a pie. You cannot be worrying about the calories
This is what Mary Jane said inher blog. "You can certainly use all cream for the recipe, but taste testers really liked the lightness that the fat-free half & half brought to the party." Mary@KAF




