Banana Cream Pie with a Pretzel Crust

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could not find butter pretzels so i used honey wheat. fabulous dessert. will be my go to recipe for banana cream pie.

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One great, time saving, mess making TIP:
DON'T roll out the dough (impossible, I press it into an oblong dish and it is fine-not tough. Don't use a pie plate if you want more pieces, squares. It is rich, so it works.
I prefer more cream cheese and less Coolwhip in the cheese layer. I add a 1/4 tsp vanilla to the cream cheese mix.
If you want a sweeter crust, add some powdered sugar in place of some of the (heavy flour.
You can double the recipe.
another thing on dough: use cold butter and/or butter flavored shortening and let sit a bit so it absorbs into the pretzel dust. Use pastry blender.

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The pretzel crust is amazing! This pie is rich and delicious and super easy to make. Definitely going in my recipe book; I will make this again and again!

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I went to the store yesterday to pick up the ingredients needed to make this pie today. The instant pudding comes in 1 oz or 5.1 oz boxes. I purchased the larger size. I check all the comments and didn't see any mention of this. Hope I bought the right one. Will have alot left over if not.

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When we made this pie we added a little something extra; we melted chocolate and when we'd finished baking the crust we spread a thin layer in the bottom (it was also useful because we had a lot of extra pretzels and we used the left over chocolate to make chocolate covered pretzels. There was something about the pretzel crust that didn't quite sit right with me, maybe we used some strange strain of pretzel without realizing it but it didn't really taste like a pretzel. Everyone enjoyed it though and complimented it endlessly.

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My husband who said "I hate banana cream pie, why are you making that" when I made this for Easter said after eating his first bite "Oh honey, I'm sorry I said not to make this, I love it!!" It really is that good. The layers are what make it so terrific.

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I made this pie for Thanksgiving and it was the first dessert gone. The sweet pie and salty crust worked wonderfully together. It has simple ingredients and is easy to make. I, like the other reviewers, pressed the crust into the pan rather than rolling it out, it just seemed easier that way and came out just fine. This recipe is definitely a keeper. My son has requested this for his "Birthday Pie" today instead of a cake.

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My co-workers loved it & everyone asked for the recipe!
I also just pressed the pie dough into the pie pan, rather than the method suggested, and it worked great! I made cooked pudding (from a box on the stove, rather than using the instant powder--cooked pudding is so much better than instant! I also made fresh whipped cream with heavy cream & sugar, but I think regular whipped cream would have done just fine!

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This pie was a big hit at my house! I did make one method change with the crust. Instead of rolling it out, I merely pressed it into the baking dish and shaped as I would a rolled crust. It was much easier and avoided the caution in the recipe that it might fall apart. The filling is absolutely delicious. My husband can't stop raving about it. We will defintely make this again soon. I agree with another reviewer that you could substitute a graham crust, but would only do so if time were a factor.

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My boyfriend LOVEs this pie. The filling is easy to make, and I cheat and use the pre-made graham cracker crust. I mix the bananas in with the filling and I top the finished pie with crushed cinnamon graham crackers crumbs. I let it sit in the fridge overnight. A big favorite in my home.