Banana Cream Pie I
Banana cream pie consists of a pastry shell pie filled with fresh sliced bananas in a vanilla pudding type base. A layer of whipped cream is added to the top.
Ingredients
Pie crust
- Grandma's Pie Crust
Pie filling
- ½ cup (100 g) white granulated sugar
- 6 tablespoons all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ cups (600 ml) milk
- 1 egg, whipped
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 ripe bananas, sliced
- ¼ cup (60 ml) lemon juice
Pie topping
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ teaspoons powdered sugar
Steps
Pie crust
- Prepare Grandma's Pie Crust.
Pie filling
- Whisk sugar, flour, salt and milk in the top of a double boiler. Stir out lumps.
- Bring water to a boil in the lower portion of the double boiler.
- Stir constantly until thickened, about 5 minutes.
- Cover. Cook 10 more minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Beat egg in a small bowl. Stir in about ½ cup hot filling to temper the egg.
- Pour tempered egg into the hot filling. Stir constantly. Cook 2 more minutes.
- Remove from heat. Add butter and vanilla. Stir until mixed.
- Slice 2 bananas. Dip in lemon juice, shake off excess. Distribute in the bottom of the baked pie shell.
- Pour half the filling over the bananas, covering them.
- Slice remaining 2 bananas. Dip in lemon juice, shake off excess. Arrange on the filling.
- Pour remaining filling over the second layer, covering all bananas.
- Chill about 1 hour before adding topping.
Pie topping
- Whip cream in a large bowl with an electric mixer until peaks are just forming.
- Beat in vanilla and sugar until peaks form. Do not overbeat, or it lumps and turns to butter.
- Spread over the chilled pie. Keep chilled until served.
Source. Adapted from “Cookbook:Banana Cream Pie I” by Wikibooks contributors, revision of 2025-10-26, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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