Whistle Stop Cafe Banana Cream Pie

Name: Whistle Stop Cafe Banana Cream Pie
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 1 pie, 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3/4 cup sugar; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 3 egg yolks, beaten; 1 1/2 cups half-and-half; 1 cup milk; 1 tablespoon butter; 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 2 medium bananas, peeled; 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 1 (9 inch) pastry shells, baked; 3/4 cup whipping cream; 1/3 cup powdered sugar, sifted

Submitted by Julie Tremmel

"Great recipe for all the banana lovers out there. The cooking time is the refrigeration time."

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Ready In:: 2hrs 30mins
Ingredients:: 13
Yields:: 1 pie
Serves:: 8

ingredients

³⁄₄ cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
¹⁄₈ teaspoon salt
3 egg yolks, beaten
1 ¹⁄₂ cups half-and-half
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon butter
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 medium bananas, peeled
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 (9 inch) pastry shells, baked
³⁄₄ cup whipping cream
¹⁄₃ cup powdered sugar, sifted

directions

Combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt in a heavy saucepan; stir well.
Combine egg yolks, half and half, and milk and beat until blended.
Gradually stir into sugar mixture until smooth.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Transfer to a glass bowl; stir in butter and vanilla. Cover with plastic wrap and cool to room temperature.
Slice one banana and toss with 1 teaspoons of lemon juice to prevent browning. Arrange the sliced banana in the bottom of pastry shell.
Pour cooled custard gently over banana, cover, and chill until firm.
Beat whipping cream and powdered sugar until stiff peaks form. Spread over pie filling.
Slice remaining banana and toss with remaining 1 teaspoons of lemon juice; drain juice if any, and arrange on top of pie.

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Julie Tremmel

Boise, Idaho

I am in a house of males that include my husband, two young boys, our dog Max, cats Harley and Hunter and a newly adopted iguana. Talk about being out numbered. We relocated to Idaho after living in Washington for about 13 years. I love the Pacific northwest but have fell in love with Idaho too. The people are wonderful and the community is rural enough to give my children the childhood I want them to enjoy. I got my passion of cooking from my step mom she is an amazing cook who can improvise any meal and have it come out wonderful. I have no idea how she does it but its what I aspire to achieve. I stumbled across recipezaar by accident a few years ago while acquainting myself with the internet and have been addicted ever since. This cooking community of people just amaze me. I have been welcomed with a warmness that is unsurpassed. Everyone has shared their recipes, knowledge, humor, the lists goes on and on...U guys are wonderful. I tell everyone I know about this website in hopes of inspiring all of the would be chefs out there to keep experimenting because its doesnt have to be complicated to be yummy. I love preparing a meal that makes my family say make this again mom its great, its a satisfaction that my day to day job does not provide. My pet peeves are lying, selfishness and judgemental people. I am raising my boys to be loving and giving young men. I hope that my love of cooking rubs off on them and that they will remember the times we have shared playing in the kitchen.

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