Showing posts with label peanut butter pie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peanut butter pie. Show all posts

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Random pix

Here's some random pix from the last couple of weeks.

A random egg. Found this tucked behind the rake and pitchfork I keep in Matilda's pen. Hey, I guess when you gotta go, you gotta go.


I liked the pattern the thin snow made on the frozen mud in the corral.


Lydia, hiding in her "cave" behind the Christmas tree. Notice the ornaments she's managed to knock off.


I was making peanut butter pie last week as dessert for our neighborhood potluck, when I stopped mid-mix to put on my apron. When I came back to the bowl, I noticed this pretty swirly pattern of peanut butter. Don't ask me why I took pictures, but I thought it looked kinda cool.


Turkeys in our yard. (The dogs were in the house and didn't notice.)


Shafts of evening sun on one of our upstairs clothes drying racks.


Our tractor after a brief snowfall.


Some amusing signs I saw recently in a store.


Some pretty glassware arranged in an antique store in Coeur d'Alene.


The full moon behind some clouds, setting in the west just before dawn.


Lydia and Major, playing in the yard.


Come and get the stick!


Chickens in the barn.


A family who sadly lost their home from a fire a couple months ago, apparently decided to clear the building footprint by torching the remaining structure. The girls and I drove past and saw this startling sight of the entire house consumed by flames, with the homeowners standing nearby to monitor the situation. They'll bulldoze the ashes and rebuild on the same spot.


The full moon setting behind the willow trees on a bitterly cold morning.


On that same morning, the cattle are waiting to be fed.


We had a couple of inches of snow last week, and it's stayed and stayed because the temps have been cold. Here's the road leading to town, crunchy and glittering.


Pretty sunset.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Peanut butter pie

We had some lovely visitors last week, and they enjoyed a dessert I served called Peanut Butter Pie. The wife urged me to post the recipe on my blog, so here it is.

Peanut Butter Pie

Crust:

1 1/2 cups crushed graham crackers
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup melted butter or margarine

Mix, then press the crumbs into a 9x9" pie pan. Bake at 375F for ten minutes. Remove and let cool.

Filling:
1 pkg (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 T butter or margarine, softened
1 t vanilla

1 cup heavy cream

Whip the cream until it is stiff. Set aside.

Combine the other filling ingredients and beat with a mixer until smooth. Fold in the whipped cream. Spoon into cooled crust. Chill.

This is such an easy dessert that it's become one of my standards whenever I'm asked to bring a dish. I usually triple the recipe for potlucks.

Enjoy!