BANANA CREAM PIE

Ingredients

Graham Cracker Crust

• 1 half cups graham cracker crumbs reserve 1 half tablespoons
• 6 tablespoons butter melted
• 1/3 cup sugar

Filling

• 2 bananas sliced
• 1 1/4 cups 2% milk
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 4 giant egg yolks room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Whipped Topping

• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 half of tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• bananas for garnish

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix the graham crackers, melted butter, and sugar. Press into a 9-inch pie dish and bake in the oven for 7 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Once cooled, layer the backside and facets with banana slices.
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, whisk collectively milk, cream, sugar, salt, and cornstarch. Whisk till the sugar is dissolved and the combination is bubbling. Cook for two minutes, stirring constantly.
In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks together. Remove half cup of the warm mixture, and in a sluggish stream, whisk it into the egg yolk mixture. In a very gradual stream, whisk the egg combination into the saucepan, cooking till bubbling. Cook for two minutes, whisking constantly. It have to be pretty thick and depart a whisk path as you drag the whisk via it. It would additionally pile barely when poured, as in the photo of the pudding being delivered to the pie crust.
Remove from the warmth and whisk in the vanilla and butter. Cool for 15 minutes whisking countless instances so a pores and skin does no longer form. Pour the pudding into the crust over the bananas. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least four hours.
Chill bowl and beaters in the freezer for 20 minutes. Add whipping cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla to the bowl. Beat on low till the combination starts offevolved to extend in volume. Turn to medium-high and beat till stiff peaks form. Spread or pipe over chilled pie. Garnish with banana slices and reserved graham cracker crumbs.

Notes

Are you constantly in a hurry? Pick up a pre-baked graham cracker crust.
This pie is additionally scrumptious with a common pastry crust. Line the pie crust with aluminum foil and fill it with pie weights, rice, beans, or sugar. Bake for about 15 minutes. Or attempt a chocolate graham cracker crust.
To maintain the banana slices at their optimum, bake the crust the night time before, then make the pudding in the morning. Add the banana slices and pudding to the crust. Now refrigerate till shut to serving or at least four hours. Then pinnacle with the whipped cream, greater banana slices, and graham cracker crumbs, and serve.
To hold the vanilla pudding texture easy and creamy, whisk nearly continuously.
Even even though the bananas in your pie might also flip barely brown, the pie will nevertheless be rather delicious.
The whipped cream topping ought to be made and delivered proper earlier than serving or up to 24 hours in improve if making stabilized whipped cream.
Store the dessert up till serving and all leftovers included in the fridge for up to three days.

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