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Banana Cream Pie
Michele Pesula Kuegler
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Prep Time
15
minutes
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Cook Time
10
minutes
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Chilling Time
2
hours
hrs
Total Time
2
hours
hrs
25
minutes
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Course
Dessert
Servings
8
Ingredients
Crust 1
1-1/2
cups
graham cracker crumbs
1/4
cup
granulated sugar
4
tablespoons
unsalted butter
melted
Crust 2
Your favorite pie crust recipe*
or store-bought dough
Filling
½
cup
granulated sugar
2
tablespoons
cornstarch
⅛
teaspoon
salt
2
cups
whole milk
2
large egg yolks
1
tablespoon
unsalted butter softened
2
teaspoons
vanilla
For assembling
3
very ripe bananas, sliced into rounds
Instructions
Crust 1
Combine crumbs and sugar in a large bowl.
Add butter, and mix well.
Press into the bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie pan.
Refrigerate for 15 minutes before filling.
Crust 2
Roll out dough and place into 9-inch pie pan.
If there is more than 1/2 inch of excess over edge, trim crust.
Bake according to directions.
Remember to prick dough with a fork and/or use pie weights to keep crust from puffing up.
Filling
Combine sugar and cornstarch in a medium pot.
Gradually whisk in milk, and place over medium heat.
Continue whisking until thickened and bubbly.
Once bubbling, reduce heat and continue to whisk over heat for 2 minutes; remove from heat.
In a small bowl, gently whisk yolks.
Slowly add approximately one cup of milk mixture to yolks while stirring.
Transfer yolk mixture to the pot, return to heat, and bring to a low boil while whisking.
Continue whisking for 2 minutes.
Remove from heat, add butter and vanilla, stirring until combined.
Assembling
Pour one third of custard into prepared pie crust.
Top with half of sliced bananas.
Spread another third of the custard over the banana slices.
Top custard with remaining banana slices.
Spread remaining third of custard on bananas.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Notes
*I have not mastered a pie crust recipe, as I don’t make many pies, so I cheat and use store-bought pie crusts currently.
Keyword
banana cream pie