Southern Peanut Butter Cream Pie

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 baked pie crust
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 3 egg whites (at room temperature)
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 filling:.
• 2 mix cornstarch, yolks, salt, butter, and brown sugar together in medium saucepan; whisk in milk.
• 3 cook and stir over medium heat until thick.
• 4 remove from heat and let cool for 15 minutes.
• 5 stir in vanilla and peanut butter.
• 6 pour into crust and cover with whipped cream or meringue.
• 7 store in refrigerator.
• 8 meringue:.
• 9 in mixer bowl beat egg whites and cream of tarter until foamy.
• 10 slowly add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.
• 11 beat in vanilla.
• 12 spread over peanut butter filling.
• 13 bake in a 400°f oven for 10 minutes until meringue is evenly golden brown.
• 14 cool before serving.