Recipe

Slice of Heaven

Fr. Mike Geiger’s 'easy peasy' peanut butter pie, a staple of family and parish events, is sure to delight

This “easy peasy” peanut butter pie is a favorite of the Geiger family and Fr. Mike’s parishioners alike. It’s a staple at Geiger holidays, parish fish fries and festivals. Touted as “the easiest peanut butter pie you’ll ever make,” it was initially a recipe given to Fr. Mike by a parishioner at his first parish, St. Paul in Norwalk. “My family loved it, so we adopted it,” he explained. It has undergone adjustments over the years to perfect the recipe to the taste of his family and parishioners. “What we have today can be called the Most Blessed Sacrament/Geiger family peanut butter pie,” Fr. Mike concluded. Enjoy!

PIE FILLING

• 2 blocks of cream cheese

• 1 ½ cups of powdered sugar

• 2 tablespoons of vanilla

• ½ cup of half and half

• 1 cup of peanut butter

• 8oz of whipped cream, either cool whip or your own made with whipping cream and powdered sugar.

• Pie crust, either homemade or store-bought

Optional: Reese’s peanut butter cups or peanut butter chips for decoration

Mix all ingredients except whipped cream, alternating wet and dry ingredients until thoroughly combined. Fold in whipped cream. Pour into pie crust. Decorate with Reese’s. Refrigerate until serving or prepare a few days in advance, leaving in the freezer until an hour before serving.