Banana Cream Pie

Name: Banana Cream Pie
Prep time: 3 h 55 min
Cook time: 3 h 55 min
Total time: 3 h 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 355 milliliters 1 percent low-fat milk; 473 milliliters sliced banana (3 medium bananas); 2 Tbsps butter, softened; 2 egg yolks; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin; 12 graham cracker squares (6 full sheets); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 Tbsps boiling water; 59 milliliters whipping cream; 79 milliliters plus 1/2 teaspoon sugar

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Banana Cream Pie a try. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 228 calories, 5g of protein, and 9g of fat. Head to the store and pick up graham cracker squares, whipping cream, flour, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 3 hours and 55 minutes.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Spray a 9-inch pie plate with cooking spray. In a food processor, process graham crackers until finely ground.

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Graham Crackers

Cooking Spray

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Food Processor

Add butter and 1 tablespoon of water, and process until the crumb clumps together. Press crumb mixture into bottom of pie plate and about 1/2-inch up the sides.

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Butter

Water

Bake in the oven for 10 minutes, then let cool.

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Oven

In the meantime, make the filling.

Put the gelatin in a small bowl; add 3 tablespoons of boiling water and stir until gelatin is dissolved. In a medium saucepan, whisk together 1/3 cup of sugar and the flour. In a medium bowl lightly beat the milk and eggs together.

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Gelatin

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Water

Egg

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Bowl

Add the egg and milk mixture to the saucepan and whisk so the flour and sugar dissolve. Cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly, for 10 minutes, until mixture comes to a boil and has thickened. Stir in the vanilla extract and gelatin. Set aside to cool slightly.

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Vanilla Extract

Gelatin

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Milk

Egg

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Arrange the sliced bananas on the graham cracker crust and pour the pudding on top.

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Graham Cracker Pie Crust

Banana

Place in the refrigerator until the pudding has set, about 3 hours.

Whip the cream with an electric beater. When it is about halfway done, add 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, then continue whipping until fully whipped.

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Cream

Sugar

Put the whipped cream in a plastic bag, concentrating it in 1 corner of the bag. Snip that corner off the bag and squeeze the whipped cream out of the bag in a decorative pattern around the pie.

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Whipped Cream