Saturday, February 19, 2011

Banana Cream Pie

I found this recipe a few years ago. I am not a big "pie person." I can think of a million desserts I would rather have before pie. However, I LOVE this pie. The crust is delicious and the filling is divine. So... enjoy


Banana Cream Pie
FILLING:
4 large egg yolks
2/3 cup sugar
¼ cup cornstarch
½ tsp salt
3 cups milk (works best with whole milk)
2TB butter
1Tb +1 tsp vanilla
1 cup whipped cream
2 large bananas
1. Bake pastry for baked One-Crust Pie.

2. Beat egg yolks with fork in medium bowl; set aside. Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt in 2-quart saucepan. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute.

3. Immediately stir at least half of the hot mixture gradually into egg yolks, then stir back into hot mixture in saucepan. Boil and stir 1 minute; remove from heat. Stir in butter, vanilla.  Slice the bananas into crust.  Pour into pie crust. Press plastic wrap on filling to prevent a tough layer from forming on top. Refrigerate at least 2 hours until set.

4. Remove plastic wrap. Top pie with Sweetened Whipped Cream and additional banana slices. Cover and refrigerate cooled pie until serving. Store covered in refrigerator.

CRUST:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
 2/3 cup shortening
 3 tablespoons butter or stick margarine
 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
 1/3 cup buttermilk


1. Mix flour and salt in medium bowl. Cut in shortening and butter, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until particles are size of small peas.

2. Mix in oil and buttermilk with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry leaves side of bowl. Divide in half; shape each half into a ball. If making one-crust pie, wrap second ball of pastry and freeze for later use.

3 This crust can just be patted into the pie pan. NO rolling needed!! (my favorite
part)

2 comments:

Rachel Holloway said...

THANK YOU...thank you for posting another DELICIOUS recipe! It seriously looks DIVINE and I hope I can try it soon! :)

lynsey said...

i remember tasting this divinity one easter dinner and it is heavenly!!

if only i had the desire to make it instead of just waiting for you to so i can try it again.