My Great Aunt Alice’s Peanut Butter Pie

You know how food can bring back memories? For me it’s happy memories like my Nannie’s mouth-watering greens and fried drummettes. Then there are the bad memories like that curry that made me sooooooo sick in London when I was pregnant with our oldest . In fact, til this day, I have a hard time saying the C word, and that was 14 years ago!! This recipe is part of my HAPPY memories;) It’s for my Aunt Alice’s Peanut Butter Pie. My (great) Aunt Alice was my daddy and Aunt Kathy’s aunt. She lived down in Scottsburg, Indiana. That lady could cook. I actually have several happy food memories from summers visiting Aunt Alice. She made THE BEST fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy. It was always followed up with pie and her Peanut Butter was my favorite:) Every summer, we’d pack up and head north to Indiana (from Louisiana) to visit Daddy’s side of the family. We would spend a couple of days in Scottsburg with Aunt Alice and family, before heading on up to Grandma’s and Aunt Kathy’s. We would go fishing at the pond, ride motorcycles with my cousin Chris and catch fireflies at night. On Sunday, Aunt Alice would whip up her amazing meal. Our visit was complete:) I am hoping that this recipe will bring happiness to your next family gathering like it always did our’s:) Enjoy!

Ok, HERE’S You Need:

1/2 T. margarine (I use butter)
1 T. vanilla
9 inch pie shell
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
3 egg yolks
2 cups milk
1 T. corn starch
2 T. sugar
1 pkg vanilla pudding (not instant)

HERE’S What You Do:

Take your pie crust...

rub you some Crisco or butter over the crust (I used butter)

Stick it in the oven and bake til nice and golden

In a bowl, mix together 1/3 cup peanut butter and 3/4 cup powdered sugar

I used my hands to get it to this mealy consistency

Take your pie shell out of the oven and let it cool a bit. Then sprinkle 2/3 of the peanut butter mixture onto the bottom of the shell.

In a bowl, whisk 3 egg yolks with 2 cups milk; add 1 T corn starch, 2 T sugar, 1 T vanilla and 1/2 T butter. Mix well and pour into a boiler.

Add your pkg of vanilla pudding and stir constantly until it thickens.

Now, pour your lovely thick pudding filling over the peanut butter crumbly bits:) Mmmm getting tempting huh?:)

Top with meringue and sprinkle the rest (or as much of it as you can) of the peanut butter crumblies on top and bake at 350 F for 15 to 20 minutes - or until the top of the meringue is all lovely and golden;)