Recipe for the day ~ Easy Peanut Butter - Banana Cream Pie

Easy Peanut Butter - Banana Cream Pie

(Courtesy of Kraft® Foods)

****FOR ALL MY PEANUT BUTTER - BANANA LOVERS****

(I do not like bananas but my mom LOVES to eat peanut butter - banana sandwiches)

Ingredients:

1 1/3 cup cookie or cracker crumbs (graham, chocolate wafer or gingersnap)

2 Tbspn sugar

1/3 cup butter, melted

4 oz (1/2 of 8 oz pkg) Philadelphia® Cream Cheese, softened

1/2 cup Planters® Creamy Peanut Butter

1 1/2 cups milk

2 pkgs (3.4 oz each Jell-O® vanilla flavored instant pudding mix

2 cups Cool Whip®, thawed and divided

1 large banana

1/4 cup chopped dry roasted peanuts

Directions:

Heat oven to 350

Mix crumbs, sugar and butter until well blended

Press onto bottom and side of a 9-inch pie plate

Bake for about 10 minutes

Let cool

Meanwhile, beat cream cheese and peanut butter in a large bowl with a mixer until creamy

Gradually beat in milk

Add dry pudding mixes; beat for 1 more minute

Gently stir in 1 1/2 cups Cool Whip®

Slice banana

Place in crust

Cover with filling

Refrigerate for about 2 hours or until firm

Garnish with remaining Cool Whip® and nuts before serving

***Some people like crunchy peanut butter so you can always substitute crunchy peanut butter instead of the creamy peanut butter***