Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

---------------------------CRUST--------------------------------
1 c Vanilla wafer cookie crumbs
1/2 c Finely chopped pecans
6 tb Unsalted butter, melted
2 tb Sugar
1/4 ts Cinnamon

--------------------------FILLING-------------------------------
1 1/4 c Creamy peanut butter
8 oz Cream cheese, room temp
1 c Powdered sugar
2 tb Unsalted butter, melted
1 1/4 c Whipping cream, chilled
1 tb Vanillla

---------------------------GLAZE--------------------------------
1/2 c Whipping cream
4 oz Semisweet chocolate,
-finely chopped

For crust: Mix all ingredients in 9-inch round pie pan. Press mixture
firmly into bottom and up sides of pan. Freeze while preparing peanut
butter filling.

For filling: Using electric mixer, beat peanut butter, cream cheese,
1/2 c sugar and melted butter in large bowl. Using clean dry beaters,
beat cream with remaining 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla in medium bowl
until peaks form. Stir 1/4 of cream into peanut butter mixture, then
fold in remaining cream (mixture will be thick). Spoon into prepared
crust. Refrigerate until firm.

For glaze: Bring cream to boil in heavy small saucepan. Reduce heat
to low. Add chocolate and stir until melted and smooth. Cool glaze
slightly; pour over filling. Tilt pan, coating top completely.
Refrigerate at least 1 hour.

Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cut into wedges to serve. Serves 8.

For the success of this recipe, use a creamy-style peanut butter; do
not use an unsweetened freshly ground one.

From the Locust Tree Inn Restaurant in New Paltz, New York. Bon
Appetit, March 1988. Submitted By
BRIAN_MACFARLANE#CREST.SRHS.K12.NJ.US (BRIAN MACFARLANE) On TUE, 21
NOV 95 114439 -0500

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