Chocolate Banana Nut Pie
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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5-7
ingredients
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Nut Pie Crust
- 1⁄2 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 2 cups ground walnuts
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
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Filling
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 1⁄2 cups whipping cream
- 1 (1 ounce) package unflavored gelatin, softened in 3 Tablespoons water
- 2 bananas (firm ripe peeled cut into small cube-like chunks)
- 1⁄2 cup walnut pieces, broken
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Topping
- 1 cup whipping cream, whipped with 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons walnuts, broken into small pieces
directions
- Mix the 2 cups of ground nuts, ½ cup of ground graham cracker crumbs, 2 T. melted butter and 2 Tablespoons brown sugar well.
- Using a 9 ½ to 10 inch pie pan, press mixture evenly on the bottom and sides.
- Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.
- Cool and set aside.
- Blend 2 cups powdered sugar, the cream cheese and vanilla with electric mixer until smooth.
- Add unflavored gelatin/water mixture and set aside.
- Put the ½ cup brown sugar into a pan with the 2 Tablespoons of water and 1 Tablespoon of butter. Heat on low heat until sugar is melted.
- Add the gelatin water mix to the brown sugar and stir.
- Add the chocolate chips to the brown sugar and gelatin mix, and continue stirring until well blended and chocolate is glossy. (Mixture will be thick.).
- Slowly mix the hot mixture, a little at a time, into the cream cheese and mix well.
- Slowly add the 1 ½ cups of whipping cream to the mixer and after blending well mix at high speed for about 2 minutes.
- Cover and chill in a very cold place for at least 30 minutes. (I actually put mine outside in the below freezing temps to chill).
- Bring out the chilled mixture and beat at high speed until soft peaks form.
- Gently fold in the ½ cup of broken walnut pieces and chunks of bananas.
- Pour into the cooled pie crust, mounding on top since this makes a deep pie.
- Chill well.
- Top with the Whipped Cream from the topping ingredients…and garnish with the 2 Tablespoons of broken walnuts sprinkled on the top and serve.
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Reviews
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ABSOLUTELY LOVED MAKING & EATING THIS WONDERFUL GEM OF A PIE, & the only thing I'd like to point out is that, using a 9 1/2" deep disy pie plate, as I did, I willingly cut this pie into 10 slices, something that cut the Nutrition Facts amounts in half ~ Bigger slices if that's all you're having, but after a full meal, well . . . ! What a great opportunity to combine several items that I really enjoy ~ cream cheese, chocolate, banans! A real keeper of a recipe! [Made & reviewed in RSC #15 Contest]
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
CarrolJ
Slater, 54