Frozen Peanut Butter Pie With Caramel Sauce

Ingredients

34 gr butter
475 ml whipping cream
110 gr packed dark brown sugar
300 gr sugar
40 gr corn syrup
5 gr vanilla extract
280 gr chocolate wafer cookies
70 gr butter
1 filling
230 ml cream cheese
230 gr crunchy peanut butter
26 gr vanilla extract
290 gr semisweet chocolate
100 gr peanuts

Instructions

Recipe by: Bon Appetit Magazine July, 1994 * (do not use old-fashioned style or freshly ground) This frozen peanut butter pie has a crunchy chocolate crust and is served with warm caramel sauce. For sauce: Melt butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Add half cup whipping cream, both sugars, and corn syrup and bring to boil, stirring frequently. Reduce heat and simmer until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Mix in vanilla extract. Cool. (Sauce can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.) For crust: Spray 23 cm-diameter glass pie dish with nonstick vegetable oil spray. Finely grind chocolate wafer cookies in processor. Transfer cookie crumbs to bowl. Add 5 tablespoons melted butter and stir until moist crumbs form. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and up sides of prepared dish. Place crust in freezer. For Filling: Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until smooth. Beat in peanut butter. Using electric mixer fitted with clean dry beaters, beat whipping cream and vanilla extract in medium bowl to stiff peaks. Fold cream into peanut butter mixture. Mound filling into chilled crust. Smooth top. Freeze overnight. For Glaze: Bring whipping cream to simmer in heavy medium saucepan. Add chopped semisweet chocolate and stir until melted and smooth. Cool to lukewarm. Spoon glaze over filling. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts. Freeze until chocolate sets, about 30 minutes. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead. Keep frozen.) Let pie stand frozen 20 minutes at room temperature. Using warm knife, cut pie into wedges. Place pie on plates. Bring sauce to simmer, thinning with more cream if necessary. Spoon warm sauce around pie and serve. Bon Appetit Magazine July, 1994 Dottie Cross ----