{"id":4639,"date":"2011-06-20T13:39:52","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T19:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/?p=4639"},"modified":"2011-06-20T13:39:52","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T19:39:52","slug":"peanut-butter-icebox-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/20\/peanut-butter-icebox-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Peanut Butter Icebox Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are not many combinations more perfect than peanut butter and chocolate. \u00a0When I came across this recipe as I was flipping though The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook<\/a> I immediately stopped and added the ingredients to my grocery list.<\/p>\n

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There is no baking required and therefore no need to turn on your oven, which is nice for me. \u00a0It’s been over 100\u00b0F most days this summer.<\/p>\n

I changed a few things about the assembly of this pie to make it a little simpler. \u00a0If you read the recipe from the cookbook you notice that the assembly requires some marbling of the caramel, peanut butter and cream cheese mixture. \u00a0I just put a layer of caramel on top of the crust and then mixed the peanut butter in with the cream cheese. \u00a0This seemed to be a fine way to assemble the pie, maybe just not as pretty as the marbling would have been.<\/p>\n

I highly recommend putting the peanut butter cups in the fridge or freezer prior to chopping. \u00a0This makes life, cutting boards, knives and hands, much cleaner.<\/p>\n

As you might have noticed, there is not much sugar in the filling. \u00a0I was a little worried about this, but it was perfect. \u00a0Who am I to doubt Magnolia Bakery? \u00a0Combined with the cookie crust, caramel and peanut butter cups it is just wonderful and not overly sweet.<\/p>\n

One of my new guilty pleasures are those Reese’s Minis, and I happen to have a stash of them in the fridge (where I must keep any chocolate with it being so hot this time of year.) \u00a0I halved the minis and chopped some unsalted peanuts for the topping. \u00a0If I were feeling really crazy I might use salted peanuts as a nice salty contrast. \u00a0Something else that might be interesting would be using some of the white chocolate Reese’s…I think it could work. \u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Peanut Butter Icebox Pie<\/h3>\n

From The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/p>\n

Crust<\/em><\/p>\n