This wonderful guest post is from the awesome Bunny of Bunny’s Warm Oven. Enjoy!
I can’t even begin to tell you how much I enjoyed this. All the elements of this pie came together to make the best Banana Cream Pie I’ve ever made. I’m going to describe what that first bite of pie was like…. The graham cracker crust is thick and crunchy with a thin layer of chocolate. The vanilla filling is cool and smooth, sweet but not overly sweet, allowing the banana flavor to come bursting through and take center stage. The sinfully light whipped cream adds another layer of cool silky smoothness and your mouth is happy…very ,very happy. The combination is unbelievable, I had to restrain myself from going back to it over and over again! I don’t even want to admit how much I ate… LOL!!
1-1/2 cups (375 mL) graham wafer crumbs
2 oz (60 g) semisweet chocolate, melted
Filling:
4 egg yolks
1/2 cup (125 mL) granulated sugar
1/3 cup (75 mL) cornstarch
3 cups (750 mL) milk
2 tbsp (25 mL) butter
1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla
2 small bananas, sliced
Garnish:
1 cup (250 mL) whipping cream
2 tbsp (25 mL) grated semisweet chocolate
Preparation:
Filling: In bowl, whisk together egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch and 1/2 cup (125 mL) of the milk; set aside.
In heavy saucepan, heat remaining milk over medium heat until bubbles form around edge; whisk into yolk mixture. Return to pan and cook over medium-low heat, stirring, until thick enough to mound on spoon, about 5 minutes. Stir in butter and vanilla. Scrape into bowl. Place plastic wrap directly on surface; refrigerate just until cooled, about 2 hours.
In bowl, stir graham wafer crumbs with butter until moistened; press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch (23 cm) pie plate. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
Drizzle melted chocolate over bottom of crust; spread evenly with back of spoon. Refrigerate until set, about 10 minutes. Without stirring custard, spoon half over chocolate. Arrange banana slices over top, overlapping slightly. Top with remaining custard. Place plastic wrap directly on surface; refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours. (Make-ahead: Refrigerate for up to 12 hours.)
Garnish: In bowl, whip cream. Using piping bag or with spatula, pipe into rosettes or spread to cover top. Sprinkle with grated chocolate. (Make-ahead: Insert 6 toothpicks into pie; drape plastic wrap loosely over top and refrigerate for up to 4 hours.)
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Great post!! Love the pie and the platter!
Nice twist to have a graham cracker crust! Sounds delicious!
That is an amazing Banana cream pie!
Looks good! Canadian Living recipes ROCK! You can never go wrong with them!
Beautiful pie! I bet you could substitute coconut for bananas and make a great coconut cream pie.
Yum! Bananas, cream, chocolate. You can’t go wrong!
Love the guest host idea, Megan, and I LOVE your guest hostess, she always has amazing food! This is no exception, it looks fantabulous!
yummy!!
How did you manage to coordinate the plate with the background of the blog?
I just want to smoosh my face into all that lusciousness!
Ohhh Bunny, that looks soooo good and I just love that plate!
Looks so mouth-watering!
Seriously. This is the first time I’ve WANTED to make a Banana Cream Pie. Here in the south, it’s made with a pre-made pie crust, instant pudding, bananas and cool whip! Yuk. It never appealed to me. But, this…Yum!
This looks really good. My daughter loves bananas and she would love this pie.
I LOVE banana pie and how the plate matches your blog template
YUM Megan!! this looks so Delish!! I don’t love pie, only certain kinds but this is one that I do love!
yummo!
Leslie
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This looks amazing! I will try this recipe next time I make Banana Cream Pie
omg yum!! I dunno if it’s just a southern thing- but my sorority house mom was from georgia and made this nilla wafter- banana pudding that looked like that pie- it was to die for!
Bunny and Megan great job!! Looks delicious
YUM! I love Banana Cream Pie!!! Your plate is really cute too!
Looks fantastic.
Looks yummy… and the plate and blog background match!
Looks wonderful! My Dad would go gaga for this! Thanks so much for sharing and great job on your post Bunny!
~ingrid
As I’ve said many times: any baking with bananas is amazing to me!! That looks and sounds so incredibly good!! Thanks for sharing!!
Sounds very good except well the waiting to eat it.
looks great! I made a similar banana cream pie recently and it was so good.
This looks so scrumptious!! I love that plate! So cute.
You KNOW how much I like pie!
Yum – I love banana cream pie, great guest post!
I thought I had left a comment here but apparently didn’t! I’m finally starting to get back into the swing of things….
Love your new design Megan!