Recipe: Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER PIE Servings:

Filling:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened 1 c. sugar
1 c. creamy peanut butter 2 T. melted butter
1 c. whipping cream 1 T. vanilla

Topping:
4 oz. semisweet chocolate 2 T. butter
2 T. salad oil 1/4 c. chopped peanuts

Whip cream until firm. Whip in vanilla and set aside. Whip cream
cheese until fluffy, then slowly add sugar, peanut butter and butter.
Blend 1/3 of the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture. Fold
peanut butter mixture into remaining whipped cream. Fill pie crust,
smoothing top. Carefully wrap with plastic and chill overnight.

Topping: combine chocolate, butter and oil in top of a double boiler
over medium heat until mixture melts. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
Spread chocolate on cooled pie, starting from center and working out.
Sprinkle top with peanuts while chocolate is still soft.