Peanut Butter Crumb Pie

                                                                         

Rich thick Peanut Butter Filling , crispy homemade pie crust & Peanut Butter Crumbs on top!

CRUST:

2 Cups Flour

2 Tsp Sugar

1 TSP Salt

1/3 Cup Shortening

1/3 Cup Butter

1 Tsp Vanilla

5 TBS Cold Water more or less as needed

Stir all dry together. Cut the shortening & cold butter in to make fine crumbs

Stir in the vanilla & cold water just until dough pulls together. Turn dough out onto a floured surface & roll out to fit your ten inch deep pie pan. Trim & crimp the edges. Lightly line the crust with a sheet of foil & pour in 2 cups raw rice. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, take out the foil & raw rice, Save the rice to use future pie baking set oven to 375 degrees & prepare your filling!

FILLING:

1 Cup Flour

3/4 Cup Light Brown Sugar

1/4 TSP Salt

Stir together. Cut in 1 TBS Shortening to make fine crumbs. Remove 3/4 Cup of this mixture & set aside to use for crumb topping. Back to the remaining mixture. Add 1 Cup Corn Syrup & 1TSP Vanilla stir to mix. Add 1 & 3/4 Cup Peanut Butter stir that together. Now take 1 Cup very hot water & 1 TSP Baking Soda stir that together & let it foam up. Now add this to your Peanut Butter mixture & stir well. Beat one egg & stir that into the Peanut Butter mixture & stir well. Pour into your pie shell . Now make the crumb topping

CRUMB TOPPING:

Take the crumb mixture you set aside & cut in 1 heaping TBS of Peanut Butter.Now sprinkle this over your pie filling. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes until pie is set firm! Let cool, cut & serve with whipped cream! SO GOOD!

This makes a big deep ten inch pie!