Banana Cream Pie
This Banana Cream Pie features a silky custard filling, a buttery crust, and fresh banana slices, making it the ultimate dessert for any occasion. Perfectly balanced in sweetness and texture, it’s a crowd-pleaser for all ages.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups milk
- 3 egg yolks beaten
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 9 inch baked pastry shell, cooled
- 4 bananas sliced
Instructions
- Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Combine sugar, flour, and salt in a saucepan. Gradually stir in milk.
- Cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens. Continue to cook and stir for 2 more minutes, then remove from the heat. Place egg yolks in a medium bowl
- whisk in a small amount of the hot milk mixture until smooth, then gradually whisk egg yolk mixture into the saucepan.
- Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly until mixture coats the back of a spoon, about 2 more minutes. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla.
- Fill pastry shell with sliced bananas
- pour pudding mixture on top to cover.
- Bake in the preheated oven until filling sets, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Let pie cool completely on a wire rack, then chill pie in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving.