Banana Cream Pie
By: Gigi Howe
In honor of today being Banana Cream Pie Day, guess what we have here! Yes, a Banana Cream Pie recipe. Actually, I have two recipes for you. One is a recipe if you want to make your Banana Cream Pie from scratch, the other is recipe is made with pudding and goes together pretty quickly. I can’t say which is tastier, I will let you be the judge!
Banana Cream Pie from Scratch
Ingredients:
– 1 prepared, baked pie shell – 9 inch
– 3/4 cup sugar
– 1/4 cup cornstarch or 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
– 3 cups milk
– 4 egg yolks
– 1 tablespoon butter
– 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
– 3 bananas (about 2 1/2 cups sliced)
– 1/2 cup heavy or whipping cream
Directions:
1. In medium saucepan combine sugar and cornstarch or flour. Stir in milk and mix well. Cook and stir over a medium heat until the mixture thickens. Cook and stir for 2 mins more. Remove from heat.
2. Slightly beat egg yolks with a fork. Gradually stir in about 1 cup of the hot milk mixture into the yolks. Pour the egg yolk mixture into the rest of the hot filling in the saucepan. Bring to a gentle boil. Cook and stir for 2 more mins. Remove from heat.
3. Stir in butter and vanilla. Set aside.
4. Arrange the sliced bananas over the bottom of the pie shell. Pour warm filling over bananas. Chill in refrigerator for 4-6 hours before serving.
5. To serve – in a small bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat cream until soft peaks form and spread over filing.
If you want to make something that is a little quicker, here is…
Easy Banana Cream Pie
– 1 prepared, baked pie shell – 8 inch
– 1 3 or 3 1/4 oz. package of regular vanilla pudding
– 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
– 1/4 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
– 2 bananas – sliced 1/2 inch thick
– whipped cream or cool whip
Directions:
1. Prepare pudding mix as label directs. Stir in butter or margarine and extract. Cover pudding surface with waxed papper and refrigerate for 30 mins.
2. Meanwhile, slice bananas and arrange in baked pie shell.
3. With whisk beat pudding mixture until smooth. Pour over bananas. Refrigerate until cool. Top with whipped cream and garnish with more banana slices dipped in lemon juice.
Enjoy!!
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