Grandma's Banana Cream Pie

Submitted by karen

"My grandmother was a wonderful cook, made great pies, and this was my favorite. She always used a homemade pie crust and served it with a dollop of Cool Whip or whipped cream on top. She didn't give me any idea how many bananas to use...so I guessed. She would also use the same custard, making a half batch, for the filling in cream puffs."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: pie
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 cups milk
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 egg yolks
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 deep dish pie shell, baked & cooled
• 4 bananas, sliced

directions

1. TO MAKE FILLING: Mix flour and constarch with 1/3 cup cold milk to make a thin smooth paste, and set aside.
2. In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks, then add sugar and salt and beat well.
3. In a medium saucepan, scald remaining milk, stirring constantly.
4. While you continue stirring the milk in the pot, add a small amount of the scalded milk to the flour paste and a small amount to the egg/sugar mixture.
5. Pour both mixtures into the pot with the scalded milk and stir well.
6. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Remove from heat.
7. Add butter and vanilla, and stir well.
8. TO ASSEMBLE PIE: Pour a layer of custard filling in in the pie shell.
9. Place a layer of sliced bananas on top of the filling, then repeat with custard & bananas, and ending with a final top layer of custard.
10. Refrigerate once the custard has cooled.
11. Serve with whipped cream or Cool Whip.

Reviews

[sarahjett]

My family went WILD for this banana cream pie!! Great recipe! I'm definitely saving it.

 

[Rain-chi]

Wonderful recipe! It was very easy to follow. I used 2% milk and it worked fine. I also used a regular pie dish not deep dish and I just got extra custard which still fit in the pie. I will be making this recipe again thanks for sharing!

 

[Lavender Lynn]

This is very good. It is a new way to make pudding for me. It has lots of delicious bananas. Made for Market Game 07

 

[DailyInspiration]

Made this delicious pie for my Hubby's B-day. This is one of his favorite pies and it turned out perfectly - loved all of the layering. I finished off the tiny bit of leftover custard in the pan and it brought back so many memories of my Mom's custard that she made for banana pudding. Definitely a keeper of a recipe and one I will make often. This recipe is going into my Best of 2017 file. : ) Thank you for sharing one of your treasured recipes. : )

 

[anniesnomsblog]

This is probably the best Banana Cream Pie I've ever made/had! I love that the filling is from scratch too; just divine! This is definitely being made again!