Ingredients
Equipment
Method
Crust
- Start by heating your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Next, mix the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter until they are thoroughly incorporated.
- Set aside two tablespoons of the crumb mixture for later.
- Press the remaining crumbs into the bottom and sides of a pie pan.
- Bake for 5-10 minutes. Once it is a toasty brown color and is all sticking together well it is done.
- Allow it to cool.
Filling
- Scald two cups of milk in a medium sized stock pot over medium heat. Once the milk reaches 170 degrees F or it has a skin on top, off the heat.
- Whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, and flour in a bowl and set aside.
- Crack both eggs into a medium sized bowl. Take 1/2 cup of the scalded milk and slowly whisk it into the eggs.
- Add the sugar/cornstarch/flour mixture to the eggs, then stir them into the the hot milk on the stove.
- Gently simmer this mixture on medium-medium high heat until it starts to get good and thick like a pudding.
- Remove from the heat.
- Add 1/4 cup of butter and 1 tsp vanilla to the pudding and stir in.
Whipped Topping
- Make a simple whipped cream by mixing 1-2 cups of cream on medium high with a stand mixer. Once it forms stiff peaks, add in sugar 1 tsp at a time until you like the taste. Add 1-2 tsp vanilla and blend thoroughly.
Assembling the Pie
- Slice up the three peeled bananas. Cover the bottom of the cooled cracker crust.
- Pour half the pudding mixture on top.
- Add another layer of banana slices on top of the pudding.
- Pour the rest of the pudding over top. Allow it to cool completely.
- Gently spread the whipped cream across the top for an even topping if eating the pie immediately. Top individual pieces with whipped cream for it to keep longer.
- Sprinkle with the two tablespoons of graham cracker you set aside earlier.
- Keeps well for up to three days in the fridge.
