{"id":755,"date":"2020-06-26T22:39:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T22:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/?p=755"},"modified":"2020-06-26T22:39:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T22:39:17","slug":"dont-be-a-nutter-try-this-fluffernutter-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/2020\/06\/26\/dont-be-a-nutter-try-this-fluffernutter-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t be a nutter, try this fluffernutter pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember how a few weeks ago I talked about my adventures with a peanut butter and jelly pie<\/a>, and my excitement to adapt it?<\/p>\n

Well, I couldn\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n

My sweetie suggested a fluffernutter pie, and I had to know how it\u2019d work as an adaptation.<\/p>\n

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Fluffernutter pie with pretzel crust ingredients.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another thing I wanted to try was a pretzel crust. The sweetness and the salt sounded exciting, and tasty. I thought the extra sweet fluffernutter would be the perfect test vehicle for my salty crust.<\/p>\n

So, in (very technical) science terms, I added some extra variables, but the constant from the peanut butter and jelly pie was the center peanut butter filling.<\/p>\n

The first variable I thought I had tried before, mixing marshmallow cream into whipped cream. I had not; in past instances, I\u2019d mixed the marshmallow with meringue as a delightful way to \u201ctoast\u201d the marshmallow in a S\u2019mores pie<\/a> and a Thanksgiving sweet potato pie<\/a>. This time, though, I wanted an icebox pie, no cooking beyond the crust required. So, it was a test. Does whipped cream folded into marshmallow cream work? It resoundingly does.<\/p>\n

The second variable I was more confident in, as I\u2019ve already made a saltine crust<\/a> earlier this year and, in theory, crushed pretzels aren\u2019t that different from crushed graham crackers. The pretzels took a little more pounding, but otherwise, it was much the same as the graham cracker\/saltine crusts. So again, it was a test, but I was less surprised when this was also a resounding success.<\/p>\n

Even better, it all came together great. It was, like the last pie, the perfect adaptation of the original favorite sandwich, just sweetening the deal a little. (My sweetie has next suggested a Take 5<\/a> pie \u2026 I might take him up on it, but I might also take 5 *wink* on repeating a peanut butter pie every month.)<\/p>\n

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Salt, sweet, marshmallow, peanut butter, perfection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here\u2019s what I did, adapting the peanut butter and jelly pie Taste of Home<\/a> recipe from last month:<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the crust:<\/em><\/p>\n