Peanut Butter Pie

I said in the last post, Spinach Frittata, I would tell you about the sweet pie I made. My mom started with this pie. It was one of my favorite pies! The filling is creamy and peanut-buttery, while the crust is a crunch that paires well with the filling. I put a chocolate drizzle on mine to give it a peanut butter and chocolate goodness. If you love Reese's you would definitely love this pie. 

Peanut Butter Pie

Crust:

1 sleeve of chocolate graham crackers

1/4 cup sugar

6 Tbsp butter, melted

Place crackers in a gallon zip lock bag and crush crackers up finely. Add sugar and mix together while still in bag. Lastly, add melted butter and mix together until crumbs are evenly moist. Press crumbs into pie plate, along bottom and side. Bake at 375 F. for 7 minutes; allow to cool before filling.

Filling:

8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened

1 cup peanut butter (1/2 cup chunky and 1/2 cup creamy)

1 1/4 cup powdered sugar 

8 oz. Cool Whip, thawed

Chocolate syrup (optional)

With a hand mixer, cream the cream cheese; add the peanut butter and then the powdered sugar. Cream together. Fold in the Cool Whip. Put the filling into pie crust, then top with chocolate syrup, if using. Put in fridge until ready to serve. Enjoy!

Spinach Frittata

This spinach frittata is one of my dads favorite dishes. How I found this recipe is a long story so I will make it short. Where we live we have a Pie Day contest on Pie Day at our extension office. So I wanted to enter a savory pie and sweet pie (Next post will be the sweet pie). I don't really like to make stuff like meatball pie or beef pot pie so I thought of doing a quiche. A lady from my church gave my some food network magizines and I was just looking at them when I happened upon the recipe. The Spinach Frittata was made by Trisha Yearwood. I made it before the contest so I could see how it tasted. It tasted so good! You got some vegetables, egg, sausage, and cheese all in one bite. It was so delicious! So here is the recipe you have been waiting for.

Spinach Frittata

4 large eggs

1/2 cup heavy cream

1/2 tsp salt 

1/2 tsp pepper

1 cup shredded cheese (any kind you want)

1/2 cup cooked sausage 

1 cup grape tomatoes, quartered

2 Tbsp butter

1 small onion, finely chopped

2 cups spinach

Preheat oven to broil. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, salt, and pepper. Fold in cheese, tomatoes, and sausage and set aside. In a medium oven-safe pan (I used a cast-iron skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add onion and sauté until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the spinach and cook until just wilted, about 2 minutes. Pour egg mixture over the spinach and cook until almost set, 2-4 minutes. Transfer the pan to the oven and broil until golden brown on top, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven; turn out onto a serving plate. Enjoy!