Printable Recipe: 4th of July Peanut Butter Pie Recipe

4th of July Peanut Butter Pie Recipe

Let me ask you... what's more American than the combination of the Fourth of July, peanut butter, and pie? Why, nothing, that's what!

The recipe isn't only completely and quintessentially American, it's also one of the easiest 4th of July dessert ideas you'll come across. It requires no baking and no cooking... just mix, pour, chill, and go. You don't have to color your pie red, white, and blue if you don't want to... but with the colored filling and fruit topping, it makes for a really fun and easy patriotic dessert.

Recipe serves about 12 (2 pies).

Ingredients:
3/4 C. creamy peanut butter
12 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 C. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3/4 C. milk
12 oz. whipped topping (like Cool Whip)
1 can cherry or strawberry pie filling
2 9" graham cracker crusts, prepared
Blue food coloring, as needed

Instructions: 1. In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese on medium high with an electric mixer until fluffy.

2. Blend in the peanut butter and powdered sugar until fluffy and well mixed.

3. Slowly beat in the milk in several additions. Beat in vanilla.

4. Fold in the Cool Whip.

5. Separate this filling into two equal sized batches. Leave half white, and color the other half blue with food coloring.

6. Divide the blue filling equally among your two graham cracker crusts. Pour white filling equally over the blue.

7. Freeze until set.

8. Pour pie filling over and serve.

Note: Looking for a lighter 4th of July dessert idea? You can really light up this pie by using fat free Cool Whip, fat free milk, and reduced fat cream cheese.