Fantastic Banana Cream Pie With Banana Graham Crust

Total Time: 9 hrs Preparation Time: 9 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup mashed banana
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
• 1 1/2 cups full-fat milk
• 4 large egg yolks
• 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise (optional but good to add in)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon banana extract (optional)
• 4 ripe bananas, peeled and cut into about 1/4-inch slices (could use 5 small bananas)

Recipe

• 1 to make the crust: set oven to 350°f.
• 2 for the crust; in a bowl stir together the cracker crumbs, sugar and mashed banana.
• 3 add in the melted butter and stir to moisten.
• 4 press into bottom and up sides of a deep-dish 10-inch glass pie dish.
• 5 refrigerate for about 40 minutes until firm.
• 6 remove from the fridge and bake for about 15 minutes; cool completely.
• 7 for the filling: in a heavy-bottomed saucepan whisk together cornstarch, sugar and salt to blend.
• 8 whisk in the whipping cream and whole full-fat milk, then egg yolks.
• 9 scrape the vanilla bean seeds and then add them in with the whole bean (if using).
• 10 bring to medium-high heat and whisk until the custard thickens and simmers (about 6 minutes).
• 11 remove from heat. whisk in butter, vanilla extract and 1/4 teaspoon banana extract (if using).
• 12 transfer the cooked thickened custard to a bowl; cool completely for about 1 hour, stirring or whisking occasionally.
• 13 when ready to fill the pie crust, spread 1 cup of the custard over the bottom of prepared crust.
• 14 top with half of the bananas (about 2-1/2 bananas).
• 15 then top with the remaining custard covering the bananas totally.
• 16 repeat layering with remaining bananas and then remaining custard on the top.
• 17 chill for a minimum of 8 hours (overnight is even better), or until the filling is completely set.
• 18 cut pie into wedges and top with a dollop of whipped cream if desired.