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Banana Cream Pie

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Banana Cream Pie
Banana cream pie recipe, made with milk, eggs, cinnamon, butter, and sliced bananas.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 3 tablespoons butter, cut in small pieces
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups heavy cream divided
  • 2 bananas, thinly sliced and tossed with 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice (about 1/2 lemon)
  • 1 baked 9-inch pie shell

Preparation:

In a heavy saucepan, bring milk to the boiling point.
Place egg yolks in mixing bowl and beat on medium speed of electric mixer, gradually adding sugar. Beat for 2 minutes, until mixture is thick and lemon-colored. Beat in flour. With mixer on low speed, gradually add the hot milk.

Transfer mixture to heavy saucepan and heat over medium heat, stirring constantly. Let mixture come to a boil and boil for about 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and continue to beat until mixture is smooth. Beat in butter a little at a time; then blend in cinnamon. Stir in vanilla extract; let mixture cool.

Beat 1 cup of the cream until firm but not stiff. Mix about 1/2 cup of the whipped cream into the egg mixture to lighten it. Fold remaining whipped cream into egg mixture then fold in sliced bananas.

Transfer filling to the pastry shell. Whip remaining cream and spoon or pipe onto the pie. Refrigerate until serving time.

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User Reviews

 5 out of 5
Banana Dream Pie!, Member BerkshireMonaVie

If you expect this pie to taste like banana pudding you will be sorely disappointed. That being said, this is now one of my favorite pies. My father usually detests banana cream pie, yet somehow loves this recipe. I made this pie for Thanksgiving this year and it was the first pie to disappear, it was gone even before the apple and pumpkin pies, which are the usual favorites. I was very hesitant to make this, considering the cinnamon, but we loved it so much that I am making this pie again to bring into work! A few changes I made were to: 1. Make it is a deep dish pie plate 2. Use 4-5 bananas (rather than the 2 the recipe calls for), toss them in lemon juice, and let them sit while you are cooking the filling, stirring occasionally. 3. Layer about half the bananas on the bottom of the pie crust, and mix the other half into the filling. 4. Refrigerate the filling before adding the whipped topping. 5. Make a little bit more whipped cream to top the pie (it does not need any sugar mixed in, the pie doesn't need it!) I am also tempted to make this with peaches instead of bananas, just to see how it would turn out.

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