Rosie's Peanut Butter Pie

Troxel TJFM10C 1/2 cup Peanut butter

1 cup Sifted powdered sugar

1 1/2 cups Sugar

1/2 cup Cornstarch

3 3/4 cups Milk

2 Beaten eggs

1/2 cup Butter or margarine -- cut up

1 tablespoon Vanilla

1 Baked 9-inch piecrust (with -- edges crimped

high) 3/4 cup Whipping cream

In a mixing bowl, cut the peanut butter into the powdered sugar till crumbly. Set aside.

For the filling, in a medium or large saucepan, combine the sugar and cornstarch. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir till bubbly. Cook 2 minutes more. Remove from heat and gradually stir about 1 cup of the hot mixture into the eggs. Return all to saucepan. Cook till nearly bubbly, but do not boil. Reduce the heat. Cook and stir the mixture for 2 minutes more. Stir the butter or margarine and vanilla into the mixture.

Sprinkle the baked crust with half of the peanut butter mixture. Mound the filling on top. Cover; chill 1 hour.

In a mixing bowl, beat the whipping cream just till stiff peaks form (tips stand straight). Spread whipped cream over pie. Sprinkle with remaining peanut mixture. Chill till serving time (at least 2 hours). Store leftovers in the refrigerator. Makes 8 servings. From Rosie's Diner in Rockford, MI Recipe printed in Midwest Living, April 1993