PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425*.
• Let pie crust stand at room temperature 15 minutes.
• Gently unfold crusts onto lightly floured surface.
• Roll to an 11-inch circle.
• Place crust in a deep dish pie plate, pressing dough into bottom and sides.
• sprinkle half of the peanuts over bottom pie crust.
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool completely.
• Rinse strawberries and gently pat dry on paper towels.
• Select 6 uniformly sized strawberries for garnish, slice each strawberry in half (length wise leaving stems on each half)Set aside.
• Hull remaining strawberries and slice into round slices, arrange slices over bottom of crust.
• In a mixing bowl, mix cream cheese, and peanut butter with a whisk until smooth. Gradually add milk, whisking until smooth.
• Add half of the whipped topping and all of pudding mix, mix until smooth.
• Immediately spoon filling into crust spreading evenly.
• Whisk jam until smooth, pour over center of filling.
• Spread jam into a 6 inch circle.
• Using a star tip on a cake decorater, filled with remaining whipped topping, pipe rossettes around edge of pie.
• Sprinkle remaining peanuts over pie.
• Arrange strawberries, cut side up over whipped topping border.
• Chill 30 minutes.