Peanut Butter Meringue Pie

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 pie crust, frozen pet ritz deep dish, baked
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (can be omitted)
• 2 cups milk
• 3 large eggs, seperated
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

Recipe

• 1 combine powdered sugar and peanut butter;
• 2 mix until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 3 spread most of the mixture (3/4 of it) in the baked pastry shell along the bottom and sides of shell.
• 4 set remainder aside.
• 5 mix sugar, cornstarch and salt in large saucepan
• 6 combine with cold milk and margarine.
• 7 cook over medium heat until mixture is hot.
• 8 lightly beat egg yolks.
• 9 mix some of the hot mixture in to the egg yolks to temper them, then add egg yolk mixture to mixture on the stove.
• 10 continue to cook over medium heat until mixture thickens.
• 11 remove from heat immediately.
• 12 stir vanilla into hot mixture and pour pudding over peanut butter mixture in baked pie crust.
• 13 beat egg whites and cream of tarter with mixer until soft peaks form; sweeten with 1 teaspoon sugar and beat until stiff. spread over filling. sprinkle your reserved peanut butter mixture over meringue.
• 14 bake at 325 f for 20 minutes.
• 15 cool before serving. (best if cooled at least 4 hours in fridge).