5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Pie Minis

These 5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Pie Minis are a healthier version of a timeless treat! My mom’s favorite thing is peanut butter. I cannot remember a time when we did not have peanut butter in our house.

What can I say? I am my mother’s daughter. A couple of tablespoons of peanut butter on an apple has been a breakfast staple in our home for many years. It fills us up and holds us over well until lunchtime.

So, the other day after eating my apple and peanut butter I realized there wasn’t enough protein in that choice. I grabbed the Triple Zero Vanilla Yogurt and put it in the tiny bowl and the idea for peanut butter pie minis is here.

Benefits of Peanut Butter Pie Minis

Although peanuts are more calorie dense than more beneficial and lower fat sources of protein, they do pack a nice nutrient punch. Besides, this recipe uses organic peanut powder that has no oil and is 87% less fat!

To be open and fully transparent, peanut butter probably helped keep me from becoming severely Vitamin B deficient as a youth and young mother of two. The MTHFR mutation I have prevents me and approximately 65% of the population to poorly metabolize our B vitamins. Especially the synthetic folic acid, in all the cereals I ate growing up!

However, my family and I enjoyed our peanut butter and received a decent amount of natural folate throughout the years. Three ounces of peanuts contain a nice combination of B vitamins we all need (about 100 grams) has . . .

Biotin–helps build and use glucose, break down fatty acids and amino acids, and is important in regulating gene expression for neurological function (1).

Folate helps break down protein, contributes to building DNA and RNA structures and so plays a role in growth and reproduction of cells. It also helps balance neurotransmitters in the brain, and it’s deficiency can result in neural defects in infants. It helps lower homocysteine levels (aka inflammation), too!

Niacin (B3) is the best vitamin to increase HDL cholesterol.

Thiamin (B1) is important for breaking down glucose and supplying us with energy. Plus it is important for the development of neurotransmitters.

Vitamin E‘s primary function is an antioxidant to help us get rid of all the garbage we inhale and consume from pollution, ultra-processed food, and chemicals.

Devotion

God’s plan for our physical and spiritual health is good, and He knows exactly what we need when we need it! I am continually impressed with how he provides and protects us from ourselves even when we are ignorant of our actions!

He gave a woman named Abigail, the wife of Nabal, a swift thinking brain and the wisdom for hasty action when her family needed it. When her husband refused to supply David with a few animals from the bountiful harvest celebration taking place, she quickly mounted the mules with supplies as a peace offering.

Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine, and five sheep already prepared and five seahs of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs and laid them on donkeys. And she said to her young men, “Go on before me; behold, I come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal. 

Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has returned me evil for good. God do so to the enemies of David and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.”

1 Samuel 25 ESV – . – Bible Gateway

I am grateful for God’s description of this strong, intelligent woman in the Bible who is counteracting the foolish and violent reactions of the men in her life. It is an example of how women and men complement one another. She beautifully reminded David of who he is and what God chose him to do.

He is to be the king of Israel and not to behave dishonorably and hastily. I am sure she would sit down and enjoy making a few cakes for David and his men, again. She later became his wife!

So, pour a nice hot cup of tea and enjoy preparing this simple dessert with your family this week! You won’t regret it! Don’t forget to leave me a rating when you try it!

Peanut Butter Pie Minis

Enjoy your peanut butter pie minis today! They are fun to make with the kids and are a guilt-free treat for everyone trying to eat healthier!

Check out the other Peanut Butter Recipes on the Strengthen Your Heart Blog!

References:

León-Del-Río A. Biotin in metabolism, gene expression, and human disease. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2019 Jul;42(4):647-654. doi: 10.1002/jimd.12073. Epub 2019 Mar 19. PMID: 30746739.