Banana Cream Pie

Banana Cream Pie

Vanilla Crust

Ingredients

• 2 cups crushed Lorna Doone Shortbread Cookies or Vanilla Wafers
• 4 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Instructions

Mix ingredients and press in a large pie plate. Bake in a 350 oven until lightly browned. Cool

Custard Filling

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon gelatin
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups milk
• 6 egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups whipping cream, divided
• 4 ripe bananas (not overly ripe like you want for banana bread)
• 6 tablespoons powdered sugar, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Whisk dry ingredients in a bowl and pour into a heavy pot. Add the milk and heat, whisking often until thick. Add the yolks and whisk until it has bubbled for a minute. Remove from heat, add vanilla and let cool.

Whip one cup of whipping cream, sweetened with 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, and fold it into the cooled custard. Slice 2 of the bananas into the cooled crust. Spoon half the filling over the bananas. Repeat with the remaining bananas and custard. Chill 4-5 hours. Whip the remaining whipping cream adding the powdered sugar and vanilla.

Bananas at the 3rd Street and Fairfax LA Farmers Market