Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Cream Pie

Name: Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Cream Pie
Prep time: 4 h 10 min
Cook time: 4 h 10 min
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon almond extract; 3 ripe bananas, peeled, thinly sliced on a diagonal; 1 stick butter, melted, plus more for pan; 118 milliliters cocoa powder; 59 milliliters confectioners sugar; 118 milliliters confectioners sugar; 113 grams cream cheese, at room temperature; 118 milliliters creamy peanut butter (do not use old-fashioned or freshly ground); 4 egg yolks; 2 eggs; 79 milliliters all-purpose flour; 473 milliliters heavy cream; 158 milliliters chilled heavy whipping cream; 473 milliliters milk, divided; 2 Tbsps fresh orange juice; 118 milliliters peanut brittle, ground into crumbs; 118 milliliters peanut brittle, broken into bite-size pieces; 177 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 65 vanilla wafers cookies, finely crushed

For $2.15 per serving, this recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 1121 calories, 20g of protein, and 78g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 4 hours and 10 minutes. Head to the store and pick up heavy whipping cream, bananas, sugar, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a deep 9 by 2-inch pie plate.

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Butter

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Oven

Drizzle the crushed vanilla wafers with the melted butter and stir until blended. Press on the bottom and up the sides of the pie plate. Pop in the oven and bake until lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for about 30 minutes.

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Vanilla Wafer Cookies

Butter

Pop

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Wire Rack

Oven

Toss the banana slices with the orange juice, making sure all the slices get coated. (This helps keep the bananas from browning.)

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Orange Juice

Banana

Place the slices on a paper towel-lined plate and pat any excess juices dry.

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Paper Towels

Arrange half the banana slices in a single layer over the cooled crust. Cover completely with the Chocolate Pudding, spreading it with an offset spatula or butter knife. Top with the rest of the bananas.

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Chocolate

Banana

Butter

Crust

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Offset Spatula

Butter Knife

Sprinkle the peanut brittle crumbs over the bananas.

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Banana

Peanuts

Place dollops of the Peanut Butter Cream on top, spreading it out evenly. Chill the pie in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours.

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Peanut Butter

Cream

Whip the cream until stiff peaks are just about to form. Whip in the almond extract and sugar until stiff peaks form.

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Almond Extract

Cream

Sugar

Take the pie out of the refrigerator.

Place dollops of the whipped cream on top and spread it out evenly. Scatter pieces of peanut brittle on top and serve.

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Whipped Cream

Peanuts

Spread

Whisk the sugar, cocoa powder and flour in a bowl until there are no lumps. Crack the eggs into the bowl, add the yolks and whisk into a paste. Slowly whisk in 1 cup milk until it is fully incorporated, and then whisk in the remaining 1 cup milk.

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Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg Yolk

Egg

Milk

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Whisk

Bowl

Put the milk mixture into a saucepan and put over medium heat. Cook, whisking constantly, until it starts to look like pudding, 10 to 15 minutes. It will begin to bubble and it will hold soft peaks when you lift the whisk out. Take off the heat and cool to room temperature.

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Milk

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Whisk

Sauce Pan

Beat the cream cheese and confectioners'sugar with an electric mixer until completely smooth.

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Cream Cheese

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add the vanilla and peanut butter, beating until fully incorporated. In a separate bowl, beat the heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Working in batches, taking care not to deflate the whipped cream, fold a large spoonful of whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture. Fold in the remaining cream in 2 additions.

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Peanut Butter

Whipped Cream

Cream

Vanilla