Peanut Butter Cream Tart Recipes

PEANUT BUTTER CREAM TART

Steps:

• For crust:
• Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Mix cookie crumbs and butter in medium bowl until moist clumps form. Press mixture onto bottom and up sides of prepared tart pan. Bake until set, about 10 minutes. Cool completely.
• For filling:
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and peanut butter in large bowl until smooth. Using clean dry beaters, beat cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla to soft peaks in another large bowl. Whisk half of whipped cream mixture into peanut butter mixture. Fold in remaining whipped cream mixture. Transfer 3 tablespoons filling to small bowl and reserve. Spread remaining filling in crust.
• Melt chocolate in top of double boiler set over simmering water. Whisk in reserved 3 tablespoons filling. Immediately transfer chocolate mixture to pastry bag fitted with 1/8-inch plain tip. Pipe chocolate mixture in spiral atop filling. Using small sharp knife, begin at center and draw tip of knife toward edge of tart. Move knife over 2 inches; begin at edge and draw tip of knife toward center. Repeat to form web pattern. Chill until cold. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.) Cut tart into wedges and serve cold.

PEANUT BUTTER BUTTERCREAM

Steps:

• Cream peanut butter and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on high speed. On low speed, mix in sugar until combined, then beat mixture on high speed until fluffy and smooth, about 3 minutes. Add salt to taste, if desired. Use immediately.

CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER TARTS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, peanut butter and sugar until blended. Stir in sour cream and vanilla. Spoon into tart shells. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Top with whipped topping. Sprinkle with peanuts if desired.

PEANUT BUTTER CREAM PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. beat in sugar and peanut butter. Gradually add milk. Fold in whipped topping; spoon into the crust. Sprinkle with peanuts. Chill overnight.

PEANUT BUTTER TART

Steps:

• Crust: Pulse graham crackers in a food processor until fine crumbs form. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles wet sand. Press mixture into bottom and up sides of a 13 3/4-by-4 1/4-inch rectangular tart pan with removable bottom. Refrigerate while making filling.
• Filling: Prepare an ice-water bath. Place chocolate in a medium bowl. In a small saucepan, bring 1/2 cup cream to a boil over medium heat. Pour over chocolate and let stand 5 minutes. Whisk to combine. Set in ice-water bath until ganache is cool, whisking constantly. Once cool, remove from ice-water bath, and whisk until ganache is just thick enough to hold its shape; do not overbeat. Spread in bottom of prepared crust; refrigerate until set, 30 minutes.
• Process peanut butter, cream cheese, and condensed milk in food processor until smooth. Transfer to a bowl.
• Whip 3/4 cup cream to soft peaks. Add whipped cream to peanut butter mixture; whisk to combine.
• Spoon mixture into prepared crust; refrigerate 2 hours and up to overnight. Remove tart from refrigerator 10 minutes before serving. Whip remaining 1/2 cup cream. Top tart with dollops of whipped cream. Use a vegetable peeler to make chocolate curls for garnish.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER TART WITH CARAMEL-PEANUT GLAZE

Steps:

• For Crust:.
• Dump prepared pie crusts into a gallon size Ziploc bag and crush until it is all crumbs.
• Add melted butter and mix thoroughly until all crumbs are moistened.
• Press into bottom and up sides of a 9" fluted tart pan with removable bottom.
• Bake crust in 350°F oven for 10 minutes.
• For Filling:.
• Stir 1/3 cup brown sugar, 3 Tbs cream, and butter in medium sauce pan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Cool completely.
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese, peanut butter, and vanilla in medium bowl until smooth. Stir in brown sugar mixture.
• Using electric mixer, beat remaining 2 Tbsp brown sugar and 1/4 cream in another medium bowl until peaks form. Fold into peanut butter mixture.
• Transfer to crust and smooth top with spatula.
• Chill until set, about 3 hours.
• For Caramel-Peanut Glaze:.
• Stir brown sugar, butter, 1/4 cup water, 2 Tbs cream, and corn syrup in heavy medium sauce pan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high and boil without stirring until candy thermometer registers 238°F (about 7 minutes). Remove from heat.
• Stir in remaining 2 Tbsp cream and 3/4 cup of peanuts.
• Cool just to lukewarm (about 15 minutes), then pour glaze atop filling, smoothing with a spatula.
• Melt chocolate chips and pour into a Ziploc bag. Cut a small piece off one corner of the bag and drizzle the chocolate onto the tart in a spiral pattern, starting in the center. You should still have some chocolate left over.
• Using a knife, trace a line from the center of the tart to the edge 8 times, spacing evenly. In between those line, trace lines from the edge of the tart to the center. You should have 16 lines total, resulting in a web pattern (see picture).
• Using remaining melted chocolate, trace the lines of the "web" near the center of the tart to create a flower-like pattern. Pipe some chocolate in the center as well for the middle of the flower (see picture).
• Fill "petals" of the flower with chopped peanuts (you will probably not use all of the rest).
• Chill tart until set (about 30 minutes). Cut into wedges and serve.
• Note: Can be made up to 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.

PEANUT BUTTER CREAM TART

Steps:

• For Crust: Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Butter a 9 inch diameter tart pan with removeable bottom.
• Mix cookie crumbs and butter in medium bowl until moist clumps form.
• Press mixture onto bottom and up sides of prepared tart pan.
• Bake until set, about 10 minutes.
• Cool completely.
• For Filling: Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and peanut butter in a large bowl until smooth.
• Using clean dry beaters, beat cream, powdered sugar and vanilla to soft peaks in another large bowl.
• Whisk half of the whipped cream into peanut butter.
• Fold in remaining whipped cream.
• Transfer 3 tablespoons filling to a small bowl and reserve.
• Spread remaining filling in crust.
• Melt chocolate in top of double boiler.
• Whisk in reserved 3 tablespoons filling.
• Immediately transfer chocolate mixture to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/8 inch tip.
• Pipe chocolate mixture in a spiral atop filling.
• Using a small, sharp knife, begin at center of tart and draw tip of knife toward the edge of tart.
• Move knife over 2 inches; begin at edge of tart and draw knife toward center.
• Repeat to form a web pattern.
• Chill until cold.
• Can be made 2 days ahead.
• Keep chilled.

PEANUT BUTTER TEMPTATIONS II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together the brown sugar, white sugar and butter. Stir in the peanut butter, then the egg and vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt, stir into the peanut butter mixture until the dough comes together. Shape into 1 inch balls and press them into the cups of an unprepared mini muffin pan.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, press a mini chocolate covered peanut butter cup down into the center of each cookie until only the top is showing. Allow the cookies to cool completely before removing from their pans.