Banana Cream Pie Recipe

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Banana Cream Pie
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Ingredients:

  • flaky pie dough for a 1-crust pie, below
  • 2 1/2 cups milk
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • pinch salt
  • 1/3 cup cornstarch
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • flaky pie dough
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp baking powder
  • 8 tbsp (1 stick) cold unsalted butter
  • 2 to 3 tbsp cold water
  • 2 1/2 cups (about 11 oz) all-purpose bleached flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 16 tbsp (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter
  • 4 to 6 tbsp cold water

Directions:

  1. Topping:
  2. Prepare and bake the crust. To make the filling, combine 2 cups milk, sugar and salt in a non-reactive saucepan; whisk once to mix and bring to a boil over low heat. Place remaining 1/2 cup milk in a mixing bowl and whisk in cornstarch, then eggs. Return milk and sugar mixture to a boil over low heat then whisk about a third of it into the egg mixture. Return milk and sugar mixture to a boil once more and whisk in the egg mixture, whisking constantly until the filling thickens and comes to a boil. Allow to boil, whisking constantly, for about 30 seconds. Remove from heat, whisk in butter and vanilla; pour into a non-reactive bowl. Press plastic wrap against the surface of the filling and chill until it is approximately 75 degrees. Fold the bananas into the cooled filling and spread it evenly in the cooled crust. To finish the pie, whip the cream with the sugar and vanilla until it holds a firm peak. Use a hand mixer on medium speed or a heavy-duty mixer fitted with the whisk. Spread the cream over the filling, making sure it touches the edges of the crust all around.
  3. Ingredients for a two-crust pie, about 1 1/4 pounds dough:
  4. To mix the dough by hand, combine flour, salt and baking powder in a medium-sized mixing bowl and stir well to mix. Cut butter into 1-tablespoon pieces and add to dry ingredients. Toss once or twice to coat pieces of butter. Then using your hands or a pastry blender, break the butter into tiny pieces and pinch and squeeze it into the dry ingredients. Keep the mixture uniform by occasionally reaching down to the bottom of the bowl and mixing all the ingredients evenly together. Continue rubbing the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles a coarse-ground cornmeal and no large pieces of butter remain visible. Sprinkle the minimum amount of water over the butter and flour mixture and stir gently with a fork - the dough should begin holding together. If the mixture still appears dry and crumbly, add the remaining water, 1 teaspoon at a time for the smaller quantity of dough, a tablespoon at a time for the larger quantity, until the dough holds together easily. To mix the dough in the food processor, combine flour, salt and baking powder in work bowl fitted with metal blade. Pulse 3 times at 1-second intervals to mix. Cut butter into 1-tablespoon pieces and add to work bowl. Process, pulsing repeatedly at 1-second intervals, until the mixture is fine and powdery, resembles a coarse-ground cornmeal and no large pieces of butter remain visible-about 15 pulses in all. Scatter the minimum amount of water on the butter and flour mixture and pulse 5 or 6 times - the dough should begin holding together. If the mixture still appears dry and crumbly, add the remaining water, 1 teaspoon at a time for the smaller quantity of dough,one tablespoon at a time for the larger quantity, until the dough holds together easily.
  5. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and form it into a disk (two equal disks for the larger amount of dough). Sandwich the disk(s) of dough between two pieces of plastic wrap and press it into a 6-inch circle. Refrigerate the dough until firm, or until you are ready to use it, at least 1 hour.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2481.32 Kcal (10389 kJ)
Calories from fat 2304.4 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 256.04g 394%
Cholesterol 743.06mg 248%
Sodium 297.77mg 12%
Potassium 371.99mg 8%
Total Carbs 45.36g 15%
Sugars 17.71g 71%
Dietary Fiber 1.71g 7%
Protein 10.38g 21%
Vitamin C 2.9mg 5%
Vitamin A 3.1mg 103%
Iron 1.6mg 9%
Calcium 191.3mg 19%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 502.8 Kcal (2105 kJ)
Calories from fat 466.95 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 51.88g 394%
Cholesterol 150.57mg 248%
Sodium 60.34mg 12%
Potassium 75.38mg 8%
Total Carbs 9.19g 15%
Sugars 3.59g 71%
Dietary Fiber 0.35g 7%
Protein 2.1g 21%
Vitamin C 0.6mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.6mg 103%
Iron 0.3mg 9%
Calcium 38.8mg 19%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 70.6
    Points
  • 72
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Total Fat

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