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BANANA CREAM PIE – Butter with a Side of Bread by Gordon Ramsay

Homemade banana cream pie recipe is a classic! Creamy custard filling with sweet cream & sliced bananas all inside a buttery pie shell. You CAN make a Banana Cream Pie from scratch– it’s easier than you think!

Is there anything more traditional than a banana cream pie? When you think cream pies it’s often one of the first your mind goes to and with good reasons, it’s absolutely delicious. Banana cream pie with a graham cracker crust is a dessert worthy of any holiday table or get together and when you see how easy it is to make from scratch you may try to find more reasons to make it too.

What Is a Banana Cream Pie?

It’s a heavenly combination of vanilla custard, fresh bananas, whipped cream, and pie crust. Everything from soft and sweet to savory and a fresh banana in every bite. The cream filling is a homemade vanilla custard laid on top of a pre-made pastry shell. Adding whipped cream to the top of all that is optional, but it’s an option we all enjoy making because banana cream pies just don’t feel the same without whipped cream on top.

Banana Cream Pie Ingredients

-Pre-made Pie Crust: Use a homemade or store bought 9 inch pastry shell, which are found in the frozen section of your grocery store. Just make sure to blind bake it first! (Which is just a fancy way of saying to bake the empty pie crust before adding the banana cream filling!

-Sugar: you’ll just need regular granulated sugar

-Cornstarch: The thickener in this custard filling, cornstarch works great to make it nice and thick. No one likes a runny pie.

-Salted butter: While you can use salted or unsalted butter, using salted helps to make the flavors POP and taste great. It also keeps you from needing to add any additional salt into the recipe.

-Milk: whole milk or 2% milk works great but try to avoid anything with less fat than that. The fat is going to help this pie set up properly.

-Egg yolks: Beat them so they’re ready to go. These yolks add flavor, texture, and color to the pie filling.

-Vanilla extract: Adding a rich flavor depth to the pie filling and helping to highlight the flavors of the bananas.

-Bananas: What would a banana cream pie be without the bananas? We want these ones sliced and lining the pastry crust so that every slice gets a bit of fresh banana in it!

How to Make Banana Cream Pie

In a medium sized pot over medium heat, pour in 1 cup of milk and stir for a minute. Add in the cornstarch, sugar, and stir again.

Continually stir and gradually add in more milk ½ cup at a time, stir the milk constantly for 2 minutes and then remove from the heat.

Add your beaten egg yolks to the milk mix and stir to combine. Place back on low heat & cook for an additional 2 minutes while continually stirring as the mixture begins to thicken.

Remove the pot from the stovetop and add in your butter and vanilla, mixing well.

Slice 3 bananas and place them at the bottom of the pie shell. It will look like a lot and that’s OK!

Pour your prepared filling over the bananas and then place it in the fridge for at least 2 hours.

Remove the pie from the fridge and top with whipped cream. Sprinkle the top with graham cracker crumbs and surround the outside edges with additional banana slices.

Cut and serve immediately.

Banana Cream Pie

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Course: Dessert, pie

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Banana Cream Pie

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Chill Time: 2 hours

Total Time: 2 hours 25 minutes

Servings: 8

Calories: 341kcal

Ingredients

1 9″ baked pastry shell
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
2 cups whole milk or 2%
3 egg yolks, beaten
2 tbsp salted butter
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 bananas, sliced
3 tbsp graham cracker crumbs

Instructions

Place a medium sized saucepan on the stove over medium heat.
Add 1 cup of milk and stir for one minute.
Whisk together cornstarch and sugar. Pour into milk and whisk until dissolved.
Continually stir, and gradually add in the additional cup of milk, ½ cup at a time. Stir the milk mixture constantly for two minutes and then remove from heat.
Add the beaten yolks to the milk mixture and stir until combined. Place back on low heat & cook for an additional 2 minutes while continually stirring as the mixture begins to thicken.
Remove the pot from the stovetop and add in your butter and vanilla, mixing well.
Slice 3 bananas and place them into the bottom of the pie shell. Pour the custard mixture over the bananas and place into the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
Remove from the refrigerator and top with whipped cream. Sprinkle the top with graham cracker crumbs and surround the outside edges with sliced bananas.
Cut and serve immediately. Store any leftovers covered in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.

Nutrition

How long is banana cream pie good for?

Banana cream pie can last in the fridge for up to 4 days but it’s best when eaten in 2. The longer it lasts, the more liquid separates, the crust becomes soggy and the bananas brown. It’s much more enjoyable when pretty and fresh because it holds up to expectations in appearance and taste.

Will pie filling thicken as it cools?

Yes. As your pie filling cools it will become even thicker. That said, the mixture should resemble pudding once cooked. It will thicken more to a custard consistency as it chills.

Can you freeze banana cream pie?

Yes, banana cream pie can be frozen. To do this wrap it in plastic wrap (after it’s completely cooled) and add a layer of aluminum foil. Freeze for up to 2 months. To thaw and eat simply place it in the fridge overnight and serve cold when desired.

How do you keep bananas from browning in a pie?

One of the best tricks for delaying the browning process on sliced bananas for pies is to lightly brush or spritz them with lemon juice after they’ve been sliced. While this won’t completely prevent a banana from browning it should hold up a few hours to present it as a nice looking pie without brown bananas.

Why is my banana cream pie runny?

Banana cream pie can become runny and not set properly if you use low fat or fat free milk. Whole milk is best! Having the cornstarch in the pudding also helps to get it nice and thick so make sure you cook it long enough to get it activated and working for you. You want the filling to be thick enough that it covers the back of a spoon after you drag it through.

Homemade Banana Cream Pie is a classic! Creamy custard filling with sliced bananas all inside a flaky pie crust. Making a Banana Cream Pie recipe from scratch is easier than you think!

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Homemade Banana Cream Pie + a Cookbook Giveaway

This twist on a classic pie features fresh banana cream piled high in a vanilla wafer crust! Keep reading to get the recipe and enter to win a copy of the new cookbook, Teeny’s Tour of Pie.

It’s been almost a full week since I shared a recipe here… I can’t even remember the last time I went that long! As delicious as that potato salad with crispy ham was, I’m kind of tired of looking at it so I decided it was time to get off the couch and post something new. (This is apparently what happens when you start watching Friday Night Lights on Netflix… you spend way too much time sitting on the couch and not doing anything even remotely productive.)

Hopefully this pie will make of for my absence?

A few weeks ago, I got a copy of Teeny’s Tour of Pie in the mail. The author, Teeny Lamothe, spent a year traveling to the best pie shops and bakeries in the country in an effort to master the art of pie. The book is packed full of awesome pie ideas and gorgeous photos. Teeny’s personality really comes through in her writing; she basically seems like the most adorable person ever.

I had a really hard time deciding which pie I wanted to make first, but I was really drawn to her cream pie recipes. Chai Cream Pie? Yum. Earl Grey Cream Pie? Oh my. I ended up settling on her classic Banana Cream Pie. It’s my Dad’s favorite pie, so I brought it with me to Easter dinner.

From the first bite, it’s obvious that this pie is something special. The banana cream is made from scratch, and it’s lightyears away from pies made with boxed pudding mix. I was a little worried that it wouldn’t be banana-y enough, since I opted out of the optional banana extract, but it ended up being perfect. Honestly, I think the extract would have ruined it.

I also really loved the crust, which is made from crushed vanilla wafers. I haven’t had a vanilla wafer in ages, and I had completely forgotten how delicious they are. The crust gives the pie a banana pudding vibe and, now that I’ve tried it this way, I don’t think I can go back to banana cream pie made in a standard pastry crust.

Homemade Banana Cream Pie

Total time

4 hours 30 mins

Author: Lauren Keating

Serves: 8

Ingredients

1½ cups vanilla wafer crumbs (about 45 cookies)
7 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
½ cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups whole milk
4 medium egg yolks
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 bananas
1 cup heavy cream
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Heat your oven to 350ºF.
In a large bowl, combine the cookie crumbs and melted butter; stir to combine. Transfer ¾ of the crumb mixture to a 9-inch pie pan. Form the sides of the pie crust by pressing the crumbs up the sides of the plate (it should be about ¼ inch thick). Spoon the rest of the crumb mixture into the bottom of the plate; press it to form the bottom of the crust.
Bake 5-7 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and let cool.
In a medium saucepan, whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Add the milk and egg yolks; whisk until there are no lumps.
Turn the burner on to medium. Cook the pudding whisking constantly and scraping the bottom of the pot so it doesn’t burn, until it begins to thicken and come to a boil – about 10 minutes. Let the pudding boil 1 minute; remove from heat.
Add the butter; whisk until the pudding is smooth. Thinly slice the bananas into the pudding; stir gently to incorporate.
Pour the banana cream into the cooled crust. Immediately cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until set (at least 4 hours).
Prepare the whipped cream by combining the cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on high speed until thick and doubled in size – about 3 minutes.
Before serving, remove the plastic wrap and top the pie with whipped cream.

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Disclosure: I was given two copies of Teeny’s Tour of Pies – one for myself and one to give away – as well as a small assortment of baking supplies from Food Lion.

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Caramel Banana Pie (Banoffee Pie)

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This pie is traditionally called a Banoffee Tart, but if I put that in the title many of y’all probably wouldn’t know what on earth I was talking about – I know I wouldn’t have! Besides, it is a caramel and banana pie, so that works too.

Remember, there is not a single section of the Constitution of the United States of America nor a treaty passed by the United Nations that forbids us from calling a dish we make whatever we want to call it.

This pie is SUPER easy to make compared to traditional versions but every bit as decadent. What’s even better is that this recipe takes less than five minutes to put together, rather than the hour+ of prep time most recipes call for.

Caramel + Bananas + Whipped Cream +Easy = what’s not to love?

You’ll need: Bananas, a graham crust, whipped cream, and some good old Dulce De Leche, otherwise known as caramel made from sweetened condensed milk.

Now, most people start with sweetened condensed milk and make it into caramel themselves. There are all sorts of ways to make the caramel for this pie. A popular method for this, which is extremely dangerous, is to boil an unopened can in a pot for a bit and cross your eyes, fingers, and pinky toes that it doesn’t explode on you (most of the time you will get lucky, but it is not worth the risk for me). Others opt for a safe method of cooking it in a hot water bath in the oven or using a double boiler to make it on the stovetop.

Me? My life is complicated enough and I know there is more than one way to tree a squirrel. I go to the grocery store and look in the Mexican foods section and buy that stuff already in a can. Nestle has already done the work for me and who am I not to accept their kindness

Besides, I could write sonnets about the quality and richness of this caramel.

You may have to look at a grocery store or two to find it but once you know who sells it around you, you’ll always know where to go. Most stores have it with their Mexican foods, right next to the sweetened condensed milk that cost as much as $1 less than the same stuff on the baking aisle. Some stores (like my local Kroger) actually have it right next to the sweetened condensed milk on the baking aisle. Either way, be on the lookout for this because it is well worth the trouble.

Now that we cut out 90% of the time required to make this pie by buying the caramel already made we only have about 3 minutes prep work to get this show on the road!

Open caramel and spread it into a graham crust.

Ain’t that purty?

Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour, or until it is somewhat firm.

Note: Most recipes call for topping your pie with sliced bananas and whipped cream at this point but unless you have enough people to eat that pie in one sitting, I suggest cutting the bananas and topping each individual slice just before serving to keep the pie fresh longer.

~INTERMISSION~

Time for a little cooking intermission here…

If y’all want to keep on watching the show just skip over this part.

Does this life ever get to be a bit much for you? If you’re anything like me (which I happen to know a lot of you are), it sure does. We have all of these things looming over our heads, work, needs, emotions, worry, stress, and sometimes their weight just begins to feel unbearable.

Sometimes the world around us rages like a storm. Our natural instinct is to rush in and get caught up in it. But when we do that, we just end up swirling around, as if in a funnel cloud.

How many years of our lives are spent swirling in a circular pattern, kicking up debris and getting nowhere?

I’ve learned that when that cloud kicks up, the best thing for me to do is remain centered, in the calmness that is the eye of the storm. Sure, it takes practice and self discipline but if we can’t, at the very least, control ourselves, what makes us think we can control a tornado?

Rather than rage with it, I keep my soul still. I don’t give up the peace in my heart just because others around me have given up theirs. The storm remains the same, whether I’m caught up in it or firmly in my place. So rather than let myself become frazzled and frayed, I’ll just be still. And rather than let my spirit be anxious and twisted, I’ll just be at peace.

I remember that beyond every storm is a sunrise.

And I hold steady.

And maybe I can be a ray of light from that sunrise to someone in that storm.

And maybe, while looking for hope, I can give hope, too.

Hold steady today and don’t get caught up in the storms, no matter how strong the winds seem to be.

~This concludes our intermission, Now back to our pie which is already in progress~

When ready to serve, slice bananas. This is a great job for little helpers.

Step away from life for a moment and take a bite of decadence.

Ingredients

2-12 ounce cans Dulce De Leche*
1 regular size graham cracker crust
fresh bananas (2-4)
Whipped Topping

Instructions

Open cans and spread caramel into bottom of graham crust. Cover and refrigerate at least an hour.
Cut into slices and top each slice with sliced bananas and whipped cream just before serving. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

*This is commonly found in the Mexican section at grocery stores but sometimes on the baking aisle next to the sweetened condensed milk. You may have to look at a store or two until you find out who carries it in your area.

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BANANA CREAM PIE – Butter with a Side of Bread by Gordon Ramsay

What Is a Banana Cream Pie?

Banana Cream Pie Ingredients

How to Make Banana Cream Pie

Banana Cream Pie

Ingredients

Instructions

Nutrition

How long is banana cream pie good for?

Will pie filling thicken as it cools?

Can you freeze banana cream pie?

How do you keep bananas from browning in a pie?

Why is my banana cream pie runny?

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