After reading around on some blogs this week, I noticed a lot of people were baking things 'for mikey.' Things like a peanut butter cheesecake cupcake, peanut butter cupcake, and peanut butter cookies 'for mikey.' I finally saw a blog that posted the link to what all of this was about. There is a lady named Jennie who is asking everyone to bake a peanut butter pie in rememberance of her husband mikey. Mikey died very sudden and from what I gather, he died from a heart attack. He left behind a wife who he was married to for sixteen years, and a very young daughter. She had posted on her food blog a longer story of what had happend, but recently cut half of it out. Mikey died a little over three weeks ago. I was very touched by this story and wanted to honor her wishes by baking a peanut butter pie for Friday night. It is very tasty and I recommend this for anyone! Chris hates cream cheese and even thought it was good! Feel free to read Jennie's post at http://www.injennieskitchen.com/2011/08/for-mikey.html.
Ingredients:
* 4 tablespoons butter, melted
* 4 ounces (1/2 cup) finely chopped chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips
* 1/4 cup chopped peanuts
* 1 cup heavy cream
* 8 ounces cream cheese
* 1 cup creamy-style peanut butter
* 1 cup confectioner's sugar
* 1 – 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
*1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
Directions:
1. Add the cookies to the bowl of a food processor and pulse into fine crumbs. (I added 1/4 cup more cookie crumbs and 2 tablespoon's more butter to have a little more crust)
2. Combine melted butter and cookie crumbs in a small bowl, and stir with a fork to mix well. Press mixture into the bottom and 1-inch up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
3. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave. (I would've liked a little more chocolate, so if you're like me and always like a little more, I'd add about 1/4 cup more chocolate chips)
4. Pour over bottom of cookie crust and spread to the edges using an off-set spatula.
5. Sprinkle chopped peanuts over the melted chocolate. Place pan in the refrigerator while you prepare the filling.
I took a handful of peanuts and grinded them in a blender.
6. Pour the heavy cream into a bowl and beat using a stand mixer or hand mixer until stiff peaks form.
7. Transfer to a small bowl and store in refrigerator until ready to use.
8. Place the cream cheese and peanut butter in a deep bowl. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.
9. Reduce speed to low and gradually beat in the confectioner's sugar.
10. Add the sweetened condensed milk, vanilla extract and lemon juice. Increase speed to medium and beat until all the ingredients are combined and filling is smooth.
11. Stir in 1/3 of the whipped cream into the filling mixture (helps lighten the batter, making it easier to fold in the remaining whipped cream). Fold in the remaining whipped cream.
12. Pour the filling into the prepared springform pan. Drizzle the melted chocolate on top, if using, and refrigerate for three hours or overnight before serving.
I then went to drizzle on some chocolate...I melted some more instead of trying to take some from the prior steps. I got a little carried away drizzling it on top, but the letter's ended up turning out nice. I just wrote out 'for mikey' on top of parchment paper and let it set for about 10 minutes and then transferred it over.
*courtesy to In Jennie's Kitchen
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