If you are ever in the area, you must go to Das Dutchman Essenhaus!!
It is a unique Amish style restaurant located in Middlebury, Indiana close to Shipshewana, in the heart of Amish country. Plus, it has an inn, bakery, catering and a huge gift shop and Amish Peanut Butter Cream Pie. 🙂
We bought a Amish Peanut Butter Cream Pie from Essenhaus’s bakery for the kids to take home when we visited, after stuffing our bellies full of wonderful good old-fashioned home-cooking. It's the ultimate!
We brought it home. But…we couldn’t wait.
We ate the pie. It was pretty much love at first bite.
My husband, who isn’t even an avid fan of peanut butter, went completely ga-ga over it. I was kind of in shock how completely ga-ga he really was.
Umm…Mind you, this pie wasn’t even meant for us, it was for the kids, right?
I guess that’s what happens when you leave us home alone…and with a peanut butter pie. Pretty dangerous!
More specifically, a lonely looking Amish Peanut Butter Cream Pie at that! Didn’t last. It didn’t even have a chance.
The hubs liked it so much, he basically double -dared me, I wouldn’t be able to duplicate it.
That’s why I had to re-invent Amish Peanut Butter Cream Pie…
#1. Because he dared me, Who’s he kidding? He should never tell me I can’t do something. (especially like make a pie? ha!) and…
#2. Because we ate the kids pie. *bad parents!*
This dreamy Amish Peanut Butter Cream Pie is very creamy, delicious and peanut buttery, but not over powered with peanut butter! The whipped cream adds a lightness.
It so easy to make and you can make it too! Start out with a pre-made or home-made pie crust and bake it and fill it up!
It’s easy and so amazingly delectable. ‘Amish’ is referred to as being plain, but there is nothing ‘plain’ about this dessert!
I promise you! Try it frozen too! See in recipe! It’s super awesome!!
3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
Delish Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars
Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Oreo Tart
Amish Peanut Butter Cream Pie
Ingredients
- 1 pie crust 9-inch, baked and cooled or make your own crust
Peanut Butter Crumbles
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
Peanut Butter Filling
- 1 3.4 ounce box of instant Jell-O vanilla pudding mix
- 1 ½ cups milk
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 1 cup whipped cream or 1 cup of cool whip
Whipped Topping On Top of Pie
- 2 cups whipped cream or 1- 8 oz. container of cool whip for topping. If making whipped cream, using mixer, whip together on medium-high 1 cup of whipping cream and 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar to get whipped cream texture. 1 cup of whipping cream makes 2 cups when whipped.
Instructions
Peanut Butter Crumbles
- Using an electric mixer, in a medium bowl, add powdered sugar and peanut butter.
- Mix on medium speed until small peanut butter crumbles start to come together.
- If mixture is too powdery, simply add a few drops of water to the and larger nuggets will form.
- Add half the peanut butter nuggets to the bottom of the pie shell.
Peanut Butter Filling
- Using a mixer, mix together the dry vanilla instant pudding mix, milk and peanut butter together for 2 minutes.
- Add in the whipped cream (make sure it's already whipped) and mix in lightly.
- Pour pudding into pie crust on top of the peanut butter crumbles.
Whipped Cream Topping and Crumbles
- Top with whipped cream.
- Add half the remaining peanut butter crumbles (or as many as you want) to the top whipped cream.
- Let the pie cool in the refrigerator for at least 1-2 hours to set up before cutting.
Notes
Nutrition
I hear you! I'm so happy to hear it is your favorite peanut butter recipe!! Thank you sooooo much! xo
This is by far my favorite peanut butter pie recipe. I thought I'd miss the graham cracker crust but the regular pie crust was fine.
Delish.!!! Not too rich as my usual peanut butter pie. Nice and smooth like a mousse. Easy to make!
Absolutely wonderful. Tastes just like the pie I get from Amish when I'm in Ohio. This is one of our favorites. I've made it several times!
Great ideas Em! So happy to hear you found more ways to peanut butter-ize it ! 🙂 Thank you so much and Happy Holidays!
I have made this several times and my family loves it! If you want to put it over the top add a little bit of peanut butter to the cool whip or whipped cream! It will taste decadent and really rich. You can either add pb fit flavoring or add actual peanut butter. I use 1/4 cup for 16 ozs of cool whip. This has become a family favorite!!!
Yes you absolutely can! Enjoy Joann and this is my mom's favorite pie!!! Thanks for commenting. xo
This looks delicious. Peanut Butter Pie is my dad's favorite pie. I was wondering if you can put this in a graham cracker crust? Thanks for any help you can give me. Have a wonderful and blessed day.
Hi Christy, I've updated that information for you in the recipe based on 8 servings. Thanks!
Thank you Tina! I hope you try it! xo
I would love to know the serving size and the caloric intake for this pie
Looks delicious
The Amish peanut butter pie I had from Der Dutchman which is a amish restaurant used meringue on top. Also, the custard doesn't have peanut butter in it other than the peanut butter crumbles on the bottom and top of pie. I think peanut butter mixed in the custard might even be better.
Very nice! I can see why you would like it!! Thank you so much for stopping by!
my mom makes something similar with real homemade custard and meringue! amazing!
Are you overbeating the pudding? Use really cold milk to get best results and maybe add just a little less milk since something is not clearly working for you. I don't know what brand of whipped cream you are using, but do not use the spray can whipped cream. It does break down. Other than that, I don't know! Hope that helps! xo
Mine keeps coming out soupy and idk what to do
That sounds amazing with the biscoff cookie crust and putting it in mason jars! You're absolutely right, it can't be bad! hehe I'm so happy it has turned out with your different variations. Thank you so much Amy!! xo
I’ve made this so many times now and it is ALWAYS a hit. Making it in little mason jars to take to a dinner party this weekend and using biscoff for the crust. Excited to see how that turns out. (Not sure how it can be bad! 😜) Also have made this with almond milk and coco whip a few times and it’s still wonderful. My hubby would eat the whole pie if I’d let him. Thanks for a great (& easy) recipe!!
Me too der dutchman
Sure can! Hope you enjoy!
Can I use a graham cracker crust?
If you use anything to prepare the home-made whipped cream where the bowl, the beaters and the heavy cream might be on the warm side, you will have issu
es.
I just whip whipping cream, using a mixer on medium-high speed until I start to get stiff peaks and I like to add powdered sugar to stabilize it. Whip it all together and don't over-whip. That can cause the whipped cream to break down.
I use 3 tablespoons per 1 cup of whipping cream when preparing, but sometimes I will add up to 1/3 cup, depending on what consistency I want. If you use the canned whipped cream, it will always melt. It only stays pretty for a very short time. You can always use the prepared Cool-whip as well, but I think it's the best using fresh whipped cream and it doesn't take that long to make. Hope that helps!
We used to go to the Amish country and get this. I cannot believe I found this recipe and it taste exactly like I remember it. Thank you!!!
How do you get the whip cream to set up? I made this with both homemade whipped cream and out of a can and they both melt. What is the secret?
Thanks again!
I just made 2 of these pies for Father’s Day. This pie is amazing! Thank you so much.A
Made it . My husband loved it and told me it was a keeper recipe. Will definitely make it again.
Hi Nancy! Lucky you right? Love all their food! I have no idea how they make it, but this is just a super easy version that tastes like theirs using the pudding mix. 🙂 It's pretty good!
I live by the Essenhaus in Middlebury and happen to know their pie is homemade custard and not made with a box pudding. Also there crumb topping is made with peanut butter and confectioner sugar .
It's definitely a favorite across the board. Wish I could virtually send it Cheryl! Thank you so much for commenting! xo
I wish I had some right now. By any chance, do you ship? Just kidding. Looks wonderful and I sure do wish that you did ship. Thank you very much for this recipe.
Thanks for sharing! Does it keep long?
This looks so good! It is nice to have ingredients for a recipe like this in the pantry in case something needs to be whipped up fast.
While my travel to USA, I tried Amish dishes but never managed to get the recipe for that kind of pie ! Definitely have to make for my son to try ! 🙂
Looks like such an easy yet yummy pie!! You had me at peanut butter 🙂
It fills a regular 9" pan really well, so you might want to make more filling if you want it deep dish. Hope you enjoy!
Will this recipe fill a deep dish pie crust?
Going to try today, Thank you for sharing!!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much Lexi! xo
Amazing!!! This was one of, if not the best peanut butter pies I've ever had! The crumb topping was the most amazing little added feature, yum! I made it today for my husband's birthday and his only words were, "This is the best thing I've ever eaten." Haha! THANK you for this recipe!! A keeper for sure!
He will love it!! Thank you for trying it!
thank you! Will make a special treat for my dad on fathers day!
Hi Marilynne! I don't see why not. I've never tried it but I think it would be fine from what I've read about it. 🙂
Can we use wowbutter instead
Thank you Mike liking it, but this is what the Amish Pie tastes like and I'm betting they use it as well, but Amish use instant pudding in a lot of things like Amish Starter breads, Amish Cinnamon bread and more...and I go to lots of Amish stores and they have instant pudding to buy to make things. Just sayin... 🙂 Happy Friday!
I just wanted to say, it looks and sounds very delicious.
But, you can't really call it anything with "Amish in it" when you add things like "1 small box instant vanilla pudding mix".
...just saying..
That sounds wonderful Marianne!! Peanuts in the crust, yes!!! I'm going to have to try that. Thank you so much for adding to the pie file with this one! That is so sweet. You won't regret it. It is a keeper! Happy Easter Marianne!
Just found this recipe on Pinterest, and I'm adding it to my Pie file! I'm thinking of using a graham cracker crust with crushed peanuts mixed in to up the flavor. Also think I will fold in the whipped cream instead of mixing with the mixer, to keep the air in the whipped cream. But wow, the name of this pie has me wanting to make it now - except I don't have the ingredients and the store is 20 miles away!!! Thanks for working so hard to perfect the recipe!
I hate recipes with "not-home-made" ingredients. Why not making the crust and the pudding from scratch? For me this is essential.. Apart from this the pie sounds lovely.
Thank you Jam!! So sweet of you! Happy Holidays!
Wow this pie is so good and easy and beautiful!
Yay Sandra! I am delighted you will be making this again and glad you got the last piece! LOL! It's a battle here for the last piece too! 😀
I made the pie-----OMG it was amazing.,it was liked by all ,i just ate the last piece i had to get it before someone else did.lol.
I followed the recipe to a T and it turned out so good..,i know i will be making this pie quite often.Thanks for such a wonderful pie recipe!
Thank you so much RaqUel! You are so sweet!
I made this for thanksgiving and it was AMAZING!!! Thank you for such a wonderful recipe!! Will be making this again and again!!
You will love it Sandra! It's so good and if you love peanut butter, well you got a winner here! My husband always requests it for the holidays! Happy Thanksgiving!!
Heather, All i did was use a pastry bag and used a large round tip about 1/2 inch wide and placed dots of whipped cream all over on the top. If you don't have a pastry bag, just use a ziplock bag, large would be better and pipe the dots all over the top. I'm glad you liked it! Thanks so much and I hope you enjoy it!! 😀
To chocolatess
For regarding your creamy amish cream pie, I noticed in some of your photos of the finalized pie the whipped cream topping appears to be decorated into circular/spiral (looks like spoomful droplets but with a tip) droplets around the edges or entire pie.
How did you achieve this affect and or did you use a can of wjipped topping or the tub containers of wjipped topping? I am unsure if one verses the other makes a difference.
I love the decorative topping, the look but no where in the directions does it state specifics on what your final method is. I plan on making for Thursday, any help or insight wpuld be greatly beneficial.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skill.
So glad i found you -and this wonderful pie recipe,i havn't made it yet but i just have a feeling it will be good.
I enjoy making my traditional desserts on the Holidays but also trying something new.Thank you- this pie will be added to the pie menu!I can't wait to try it we are peanut butter lovers around here.I like your site i'm sure i will return often.Thanks!
Chonteh that sounds pretty amazing! Thanks for your ideas and so glad you enjoyed it!! Happy Thanksgiving!!
YUUMMMM ON THE AMISH PEANUT BUTTER PIE!, I made a rice krispy crust but added a handful of dark chocolate to it just after the marshmelliws melted, leaving suprise chunks of chocolate fused into the crust.. Decadent pairing. Great with a,deep roast cup of java
I can't either! It's sooo good RaqUel! 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving!!
Thank you!!! Can’t wait to try this out for thanksgiving!!! ?
Hi Raqel,
I updated it to break it out better in the instructions. 1 cup is added in the peanut butter cream filling and the other 2 cups is for the topping. Hope that helps you out!!
I’m confused on the ingredient section. It calls for 1 cup whipping cream and 2 cups whipping cream. Which amount is used for the filling and which is for the topping?
I guess I'm going to have to visit Howe Indiana! LOL! OMGosh I had no idea Essenhaushad chocolate tapioca!! I love chocolate tapioca! When I go there for the holidays, I'm going to have to give that a go and take some home for later, right? Thanks for the great info!
I lived in Lagrange five minutes away from shipshewana Indiana and about 10 from middlebury Indiana and the best peanut butter pie is in Howe Indiana at the Howe restaurant it is amazing it's a peanut butter custard pie and it is heavy I've had blue gate I've had das Dutchman essenhaus and any other in the area and I will say that essenhaus has amazing chocolate tapioca
Thank you Jan! 😀 It's one of our favorites!
this is sooooooooooooooo delicious!
Yes they do Kelly!! <3
Fluffy peanut buttery goodness! The Amish know their pies for sure. Yum! 🙂 ?
Hi Denise, I think as long as it's not hot or outside it should be fine. Might want to put a note, to refrigerate once purchased. 🙂
I'd love to make this pie for a bake sale. Do you thunk it would be ok for the pie to sit out on a table for 2-4 hours?
If you way over-beat the whole mixture that would have something to do with it. Sorry!
Made this pie for a birthday party at work. So disappointed! Refrigerated overnight and did not set up at all. The peanut butter crumbles are a nice touch, but aside from that it's peanut butter pudding. May try again with the addition of some cream cheese in hopes that it will help with the consistency. Bummer!
Mmmm. Yes!! Peanut butter!! And in Pie form. Yum! My hubby would looooove this!! Xoxo ?
🙂 You are very welcome!!!
Yes I have eaten there
They have delicious sweet tea also
We love shipshewana
Thanks for sharing the recipe
Hi Retha, Just click on the "click for recipe" button or go here: http://www.thebakingchocolatess.com/amish-peanut-butter-cream-pie/2/
Enjoy!!!
I can't find the recipe for Amish peanut butter pie
Maria, the pie shell is baked unless you do a graham cracker crust, the rest is refrigerated. Enjoy!
Is this pie supposed to be baked or just refrigerated? Thanks
So glad you enjoyed it Beth! 🙂 I'm especially happy you will be making it over and over! 🙂
Made the pie. Everyone loves it. Next time I plan to add more peanut butter to intensify that flavor. Will be making this recipe over and over. Thanks for sharing.
Omg! Those are sooo precious!! Thank you! <3 Definitely licked that plate clean! haha!
just sent pictures to you!
I would love to see that Eva! The next time email it to me at thebakingchocolatess@gmail.com! 🙂 Thanks for letting me know. That is way too cute.
OMG!! so yummy! i made this and gave some to my 19month old daughter and she was licking the plate and signing for more! i wish i could post a pic of her face afterwards. thanks for such a great recipe. it is a keeper!!
Miranda, that sounds great! I love the different pudding variation, and chocolate is always a plus when added to peanut butter! 🙂
I made this but with chocolate instant pudding instead of vanilla. I just added a bit more peanut butter so it didn't get lost in the chocolate. So yummy!! Thanks for the recipe!! Amish peanut butter poor has always been my favorite!
That sounds like a winner Peggy! Yummy! Can I have a piece or 2? This one sounds like it needs to be in the recipe vault, I want to try it for sure. 😉
I always add some Reese Cups to bottom of crust, chop to put on top of pie, also. I also prefer homemade vanilla pudding with homemade whip topping.
We had a local Amish bakery. The girls taught me a half assed recipe for this pie. Crumbles : same except made by fork. L0L most time consuming thing about the whole pie. Cooked vanilla pudding, cooled completely. Graham crust. There was no peanut butter in the filling; just the crumbles under and above! It was excellent and very easy to make!!
Lou, Just use the dry mix to make this with the other ingredients called out. Enjoy!! 🙂
Do you make the pudding or just use the mix?
Awesome! I'm so glad you stopped by Roscoehavens! 😉 The pie is probably a whole lot better than the writing, but thank you!
It's going to be finish of mine day, except before
ending I aam reading this impressive piece of writing to improve my experience.
Thank you Lisa! I have never made it that way, but you could improvise and make the pudding, then whisk in the peanut butter, then let it cool. I would make sure the pudding is well covered when cooling, so it's doesn't get the pudding skin. After it's cooled, I would beat the pudding with a mixer to make it smooth and creamy for a minute or two and then fold or slowly mix in your whipped cream. Then add the 2 cups of whipped cream to the top of the pie and put it back in the fridge. 🙂 Have fun and thanks for stopping by!
This sounds wonderful! Am going to make it this week for sure. 🙂 Can you use cook and serve pudding instead of instant?
Yes you can Katie! 🙂 Should be fine! Enjoy!!
How many day will think pie be good for? Can I make it the night before?
It's the right idea, but might want to rethink the "Amish" portion of the title. A Marie Calender crust and instant pudding are most definitely two things you would never find in an Amish kitchen. As someone who actually came from this traditional background I have an authentic recipe for this pie, which calls for a pudding prepared from scratch (also the crust, which should go without saying) and excludes marshmallows.. which in my humble opinion distract from the overall taste. Baking is a labor of love for these people, it is a way for them to create a certain atmosphere for their families and loved ones that can't be bought or mass produced synthetically. Although I'm sure it is delicious and easy to make, I do find it mildly offensive for anyone to stake claim to something without taking the time to understand and respect the true origins. If you would like the genuine recipe, I would be happy to share. d-kauffman@hotmail.com
Mrs. Neal 77! Dang! So sorry for that, it's fixed now. Thanks for letting me know! Hope you enjoy!!
Hi im trying to look at the recipe and it wont allow me too
Cindy, I know the feeling, my husband was the same way! Totally nuts over it! I am so happy you all loved it! 😉
I made this Amish peanut butter pie for a work function, and everyone went nuts (haha )over it . Now my husband is having me make one every time I turn around!! This is a unbelievable pie ! Thank you for putting this up.
Hi Cath! You will love this pie, the whipping cream should be whipped before folding it into the peanut butter mixture. 🙂 Hope you enjoy!!!
It's funny a friend of mine went to essenhaus & posted on fb that she was there I didn't want to be the fatty & say get the pb pie.lol.but another person did lol
But I'm definitely gonna try this for Christmas. But could you tell me is the whip cream you put in the mix.whipping cream that you pour in and beat.or whipped already and just fold in..thank you!
He will love it Crystal! Let me know how it turns out! 😉
This looks very much like a recipe I loved but lost. I can't wait to make it for my husband this holiday weekend! ....And I very much agree Essenhaus has amazing pies!
Thanks, Kim! I guess I got so excited about the discussion of peanut butter crumbles that I skipped right over that key ingredient! Now I need to figure out how to work this into my weekend baking. I read your 'about me' section and feel like we could be soul sisters. Chocolate will always be my first love, but peanut butter is always trying to keep pace. Put them together and I go crazy. And not that we need to mess with a good thing, but what if this recipe somehow included some crumbles with Oreo cookies? Now I want to try that too, but I insist on trying everything I make, and sometimes try equals multiple pieces! Oh well, I don't see me trying to change that before Jan 1st
Hi Deb! Sorry, you missed that. In the instructions, I have 1 (9-inch) pie crust, baked and cooled. More, specifically, I baked a ready to bake Marie Callender's Pie Crust (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Marie-Callender-s-Pie-Crusts-2-count-15-oz/40839940). Thank you for your sweet compliment, I hope you love it! We sure did! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
From the pictures, it looks like the pie crust is baked, but I don't see that step in the directions. Can you clarify if the crust is just a crumb type no-bake crust or if the one in the picture is something different? This looks lovely and I would like to try it!
Thanks so much Kim! 😉
Sounds awesome and looks fantastic! Yum! Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Sharing on G+! Have a great week!
Kim
Thanks you so much Anita!
This recipe looks so delicious! Hi, I'm Anita visiting from Pin Junkie Pin Party.
Thank you Kristen! It's a blast from the past for sure!
My mom used to make this recipe and she got it from an Amish Restaurant in Ohio. I love it! FOund you at Create and Share link up!
Thank you so much Teresa! 🙂
Love it, Kim. I wish I could just reach through the screen and grab a bite right now! 🙂