Kona Banana Cream Pie

Annacia's Note:

Banana cream pie with the addition of coffee. Good stuff.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

Macadamia Nut Crust

• ¼ cup macadamia nuts
• ¼ cup butter , melted
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¼ cup sugar

Filling

• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 1 egg , beaten with
• 1 teaspoon milk
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup coffee (use real Kona if you can get it!)
• 3 bananas

Directions:

1. Crust:.
2. Using the steel knife of a food processor, combine crust ingredients.
3. Press into a 9 inch pie plate. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.
4. Cool.
5. Filling:.
6. In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, stir together sugar, flour and salt.
7. Add coffee and evaporated milk.
8. Bring to a gentle boil, whisking frequently until mixture begins to thicken.
9. In a small bowl, beat egg, milk and vanilla. Add 1/4 cup of the hot mixture to bowl, stirring constantly.
10. Add egg mixture to the pan and stir constantly until mixture thickens.
11. Remove from heat and cool.
12. Slice 1 banana into bottom of prepared crust.
13. Pour half of cooled pudding mixture in crust, and top with another sliced banana and the remaining pudding.
14. Slice the last banana on top and spread with whipped cream topping.
15. Chill.

Reviews

[Charmie777]

What a great change of pace from regular banana cream pie! I love it!! The filling is to die for! Made for ZWT and the Saucy Silverados!

[evelyn/athens]

OK, so I should have made 2 pies! The coffee really makes this version deliciously 'different' and the whole family loved it.

[PaulaG]

This is a wonderful combination of flavors. I used Splenda in place of the sugar and topped it off with Whipped Cream which was sprinkled with a few chopped macadamia nuts.