Recently we talked about a request for a peanut butter pie recipe. I received several, and I and the readers thank you for sending them. Some were similar, and I may use these later, but the one today is from Sherene Nicholson in Saluda.
Sherene and her husband Jerry are members of Salem Baptist, where Rod Elliot is pastor, and the church is in Ridge Association in the Saluda-Newberry area.
Although Jerry grew up in that church, he moved to Thompson, Ga., many years ago because of a job. It was there that he met and married Sherene, and they lived in Thompson until three years ago, when they moved back to their community. Sherene retired from Georgia’s Columbia County school system, having served as a teacher and assistant principal.
The Nicholsons have two children. Their daughter Pamela is a teacher in Demorest, Ga., and their son Dwight is a nuclear medical cardiac technologist in Sugar Hill near Atlanta.
At Salem Baptist, Jerry serves as a deacon, and Sherene is involved with the music program, sometimes serving as assistant organist and pianist and playing for special music groups that visit the church.She collects recipes and likes to cook desserts.
They are both zealous rosarians, are members of the Newberry-Saluda Rose Society, the Augusta Rose Society, and the American Rose Society, and are both rose show judges with the ARS. While living in Thompson, their garden included 395 roses.
Sherene also sent a recipe for Easy Strawberry Pie. It’s so easy, I’m not even using a recipe form. This is it: combine an 8- or 9-ounce container of light dessert topping, 1 to 2 cups strawberry yogurt (she recommends Dannon) and 1 pint sliced fresh strawberries, and pour into a graham cracker crust. Refrigerate. Garnish with fresh berries.
Back to peanut butter: I had never heard of a baked peanut butter pie until now. Try this one and/or the strawberry pie and have them this weekend for … Sunday Dinner.
Crunchy Peanut Butter Pie
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
½ cup crunchy peanut butter
1 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 unbaked pastry shell
Topping for Pie:
¼ cup melted butter
¾ cup crushed corn flakes
½ cup chopped peanuts
½ cup brown sugar
Beat eggs well. Add the sugar, peanut butter, corn syrup and vanilla. Mix, pour into the prepared pastry shell, and bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes until firm.
While pie is baking, combine all the topping ingredients in a small bowl.
Ten minutes before pie is done, spread the topping mixture on the pie and finish baking. Cool, then chill before serving. Makes 6-8 servings.