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. ๐
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!!
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Amish Peanut Butter Cream Pie
Ingredients
- 1 pie crust 9-inch, baked and cooled or make your own crust
Peanut Butter Crumbles
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
Peanut Butter Filling
- 1 3.4ย ounce box of instant Jell-O vanilla pudding mixย
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 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
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.
Yes you absolutely can! Enjoy Joann and this is my mom’s favorite pie!!! Thanks for commenting. xo
I would love to know the serving size and the caloric intake for this pie
Looks delicious
Hi Christy, I’ve updated that information for you in the recipe based on 8 servings. Thanks!
my mom makes something similar with real homemade custard and meringue! amazing!
Very nice! I can see why you would like it!! Thank you so much for stopping by!
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.
Thank you Tina! I hope you try it! xo
Mine keeps coming out soupy and idk what to do
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