Banana Cream Pie

Show: Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger Episode: Home Cooking

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (63)

Cook Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 servings

Times:

Prep: 35 min
Inactive Prep: 3 hr 0 min
Cook: 20 min
Total:: 3 hr 55 min

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Ingredients

Cooking spray
12 graham cracker squares (6 full sheets)
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 1/2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
3 tablespoons boiling water
1/3 cup, plus 1/2 teaspoon sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 egg yolks
1 1/2 cups 1 percent lowfat milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups sliced banana (3 medium bananas)
1/4 cup whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon sugar

Directions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Spray a 9-inch pie plate with cooking spray. In a food processor, process graham crackers until finely ground. Add butter and 1 tablespoon of water, and process until the crumb clumps together. Press crumb mixture into bottom of pie plate and about 1/2-inch up the sides. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes, then let cool.

In the meantime, make the filling. Put the gelatin in a small bowl; add 3 tablespoons of boiling water and stir until gelatin is dissolved. In a medium saucepan, whisk together 1/3 cup of sugar and the flour. In a medium bowl lightly beat the milk and eggs together. Add the egg and milk mixture to the saucepan and whisk so the flour and sugar dissolve. Cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly, for 10 minutes, until mixture comes to a boil and has thickened. Stir in the vanilla extract and gelatin. Set aside to cool slightly.

Arrange the sliced bananas on the graham cracker crust and pour the pudding on top. Place in the refrigerator until the pudding has set, about 3 hours.

Whip the cream with an electric beater. When it is about halfway done, add 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, then continue whipping until fully whipped. Put the whipped cream in a plastic bag, concentrating it in 1 corner of the bag. Snip that corner off the bag and squeeze the whipped cream out of the bag in a decorative pattern around the pie.

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Comments & Reviews

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Andrea Austin, TX 02-19-2010
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Amazing Dessert
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This dessert was excellent, exactly what I was looking for after a meal; light and satisfying. I didn't have the graham... cracker go up the sides but it still made a thick bottom layer and was really a great crust. I didn't have enough milk and only had skim so I did 1 cup skim and 1/2 cup half & half and it turned out excellent. Creamy and thick and made plenty for me. I know others said it was flat (?), but I didn't have that problem at all. I cut it into 12 pieces and they were satisfying pieces. I also didn't make the whipped cream, only put a tablespoons worth of cool whip on my piece, it was plenty. Thank Ellie for sharing these great make over ideas!Read more
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Todd Versailles, KY 02-16-2010
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Easy and delicious -but use more graham crackers
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

We enjoyed this pie but the crust was a little thin with only 12 crackers. Next time I'll try adding a couple more. Very... easy and delicious.Read more
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Maria Brownsburg, IN 02-10-2010
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WILL BE MAKING THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Very good! I did use some comments that others made and added 2 tsp banana flavoring, 1 tablespoon of rum, 1 extra teaspoon... vanilla. It came out very creamy and tasty! For the sake of time I bought a low fat graham cracker crust, but have made the crust when I made the yummy chocolate pie of Ellie's. It was very hard to just eat one piece. My husband loved it as well! Read more
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Juliana Deerfield Beach, FL 02-07-2010
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Good
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

It came out good, however next time I will double the recipe because it came out very flat. Also I will add the bananas to... the cream, because I was missing the banana flavor.Read more
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kristina middle village, NY 01-31-2010
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Very Very Flat Pie
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

It tasted exactly like a Banana Cream Pie should. The only problem was it was too flat.Don't listen to the part where it says... press crumb mixture 1/2 inch up the sides.I thought it would rise since it was so underheight for a pie, but it didn't. When you cover the pie with the crust, put 4 large bananas and double the custard. I put 2 large bananas and it oknly covered one layer. I don't know about you but 1/4 cup whipping cream was way too small and could not even make 3 small dollops around the pie. When it was ready to serve, at the last minute I made a pattern on the crust straight from the whipped cream can. Everyone agreed it was way too flat. Since it was so flat, I had to give big pieces in width and it turned out there were only 6 pieces.Read more
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Laurie Waterbury, CT 01-19-2010
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Not up to snuff
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I had great hopes for this pie, as I think custard and banana go together so well. The crust was delicious, but the custard... was too gluey. Perhaps ommitting the gelatin would have been better. It's edible, but not that terrific.Read more