Favorite Banana Cream Pie
Homemade banana cream pie is my mom’s specialty, and this dreamy dessert has a wonderful banana flavor. It looks so pretty, and it cuts easily, too. —Jodi Grable, Springfield, Missouri
Ingredients
- Pastry for single-crust pie (9 inches)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups 2% milk
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large firm bananas
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped
Reviews
I have made banana cream pies and deep dish banana cream pies and they both depend on the amount of time after adding all the in ingredients to make the pastry filling. I cook it until it is very thick and you do have to wait and be patient with the process. It will burn on the bottom if you up the stove temperature. It must be done slowly. I use pillsbury pie crust. Make sure the bottom is cooked otherwise it will be uncooked. I do add a layer of bananas first, then half the pastry cream then another layer of banana and then the last of the pastry cream. It has to cool in the refrigerator for at least 6-8 hours. Put a little lemon juice, just a little, to sprinkle over the bananas to keep from during brown. It’s not a recipe for people in a hurry. That goes for all cream pies.
I usually use a graham cracker crust and pudding to make my banana cream pie and wanted to try one from scratch. This was easy and absolutely delicious. The pie was a hit. The custard was so delicious I was eating it out of the pan. My son liked it so much he asked if he could have some for breakfast because it had bananas in it. I let him this one time. I will make this again and again.
A delicious cream pie for sure, but too sweet for me. I'm adjusting my notes to use 1/2 cup sugar.
It states to use a 9" pie plate, so that's the size of crust. Although a pie dough crust is shown, I have not seen this pie on a buffet in anything other than a graham cracker crust. My step-grandmother loved using a coconut crust for hers.
My husband LOVES this pie rates it a ten. Said it was the best he has ever eaten.
You took a recipie with several important steps and tried to break it down into few steps. This has been the most ridiculous waste of time I have found on internet recipes ! You would be doing a good job if you were thorough. I’ll stay away from this website for a while.
The recipe doesn't say what kind or size of crust to use.
I've never made a banana cream pie and this one was delish! Some of the comments were leading me to believe It may be out of my league, but it was so simple. I doubled the recipe for my deep dish pie plate, used premade pie crust (cheetah), cut the sugar in half, used nonfat milk and loaded that baby with lots of bananas. Thickened up that heavy cream with a bit of powdered sugar and YUM! Use a quality pot to cook your filling, have patience when stirring to thicken and you will rock it out of the park.
The Best pie, banana cream pie EVER!!! So good I made it twice within 3 day and had to share with friends and family. LOVE Is in the custard. Yum is in the pie!
It takes patience to make custard. Follow the recipe and it makes the very best custard. I am never disappointed by this recipe.