Banana Cream Pie Recipe
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour or 3 Tbs cornstarch (I use the cornstarch)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 cups milk
- 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
- 2 Tbs butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 9-inch baked pastry shell
- (meringue made from the leftover egg whites, optional)
- 1 1/4 cups of whole milk or half-and-half
- pinch salt
- pinch pepper
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 9 inch pie pan filled with your favorite crust
Directions:
- Combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a saucepan. Add milk gradually. Cook, stiring constantly, over medium heat til bubbly. Cook and stir an additional 2 minutes and remove from burner.
- Stir small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks, immediately add egg yolk mixture to hot mixture and cook for 2 minutes, stiring constantly. Remove from heat.
- Add butter and vanilla and stir til smooth.
- Slice 3-4 bananas into the cooled baked pastry shell. Top with pudding
- mixture and spread meringue (if desired) on top of the pie. Bake at
- 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes. Cool.