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Thanksgiving Peanut Butter Pie!

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Elon chapter.

Thanksgiving has got to be one of my very favorite days of the year. What’s not to love? Family, friends and food in one place? It doesn’t get better than that. I have lots of family who live close. So every holiday, and especially Thanksgiving, the house is filled with people. It’s great. We alternate where we celebrate each year, but we always tend to divvy up the cooking. The meal is always has your typical holidays favorites – turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, etc. etc. And of course there’s always apple pie for dessert. But with my family, dessert doesn’t stop there.
 
Everyone knows to save room for dessert on Thanksgiving. Along with apple pie, there are more pies and cakes and cookies and chocolates. We definitely go all out. One of my all time favorite desserts that my mom makes every Thanksgiving is Peanut Butter Pie. If you’re a peanut butter fan like me, you will absolutely love it. And it’s incredibly easy and quick to make. Did I mention that you don’t even need an oven? So if you want to impress (and/or trick) your family with your great baking skills, this is the dessert to make for Thanksgiving dinner.

 
Peanut Butter Pie
1 graham cracker pie crust
1 container of Cool Whip
1 (8 oz) package of cream cheese
1 ½ cups of powdered sugar
1 cup of peanut butter
1 cup of milk
 
– Beat together cream cheese and powdered sugar in a large bowl
– Pour in the milk and mix in the peanut butter
– Then add the Cool Whip. Mix until smooth
– Spoon the mix into the piecrust, cover it, and freeze until hard
– Remove before serving to thaw and you’re all set!
 
So easy, so delicious. Enjoy! And Happy Thanksgiving!
 
 
 

Avery is a sophomore at Elon University majoring in Print Journalism. She's involved with the yearbook, Phi Psi Cli, and the newspaper, The Pendulum, as well as a four year honors program called Leadership Fellows, and is also a member of Alpha Xi Delta, Theta Nu Chapter. Born and raised at the real Jersey Shore, she loves the beach, traveling, writing, running, and shopping. She recently studied abroad in Costa Rica for January Term, and hopes to go abroad for a semester in the fall of 2011. She hopes to move to Manhattan after she graduates and work for a women's magazine. Avery is excited to have the chance to bring Her Campus to Elon University.