How To Make Banana Cream Pie

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Banana cream pie is a timeless classic. Here's how to make the perfect balance of bananas and pudding at home.

To complete this How-To you will need:

2 c. milk
¾ c. sugar
3 tbsp. cornstarch
¼ tsp. salt
2 egg yolks
Small bowl
2 tbsp. unsalted butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 graham cracker pie shell
1½ bananas, sliced
Whipped cream

Step 1: Heat the milk and mix dry ingredients

Heat the milk in a saucepan, almost to a boil. Combine the sugar, cornstarch, and salt in another saucepan and add the heated milk, stirring until it thickens.

Step 2: Temper the eggs

Beat two egg yolks in the small bowl, adding a small amount of the heated mixture to temper the eggs. Then add the eggs to the saucepan with the milk and heat to medium.

Tip: Stir continuously while tempering the eggs, and continue for a few minutes after.

Step 3: Add butter and vanilla

Add the butter and vanilla to the mixture, stirring it thoroughly. Remove the pudding from the heat and let it cool.

Step 4: Place the bananas on the pie shell

Spread your banana slices over the bottom of the pie shell. Then add a layer of pudding, another layer of bananas, and another layer of pudding.

Tip: Experiment with different kinds of piecrusts.

Step 5: Decorate with a bananas and whipped cream

Decorate the top of the pie with leftover banana slices and whipped cream.

Step 6: Refrigerate the pie

Refrigerate the pie for a few hours to let it set. Then serve and enjoy.

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[ilonaskelly]

I really don't have three hands for this..... 0:54

[blueberryandpie]

why is it whenever i am hungry i watch how to cook videos ... -.-

[missumileycyrus]

@blueberryandpie same btw maybe its because u watch the vids & get an idea on what to eat

[ShadowsandCityLights]

@ilonaskelly LOL!!! Like the dad and his son from the Gamestop Christmas commercial! It must be the mother. X3

[SMILEYGIRL598]

i like keylime pie!!!!

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[CamoFreak123]

Ingredients: Banana

Step 1: Put the banana on on a plate.

Step 2: Ejaculate on the plate.

[pinayatlove9]

@ellen10sea GO LAURA VITALE!!!!!!!!

[kbernal96]

lol, who noticed the guys tattoo on his hand?

[ellen10sea]

Step 1. Watch Laura Vitale's recipe

Step 2. Make it

Step 3. Eat it

Step 4. Kill howcast.

[SonicXRulz4Eva]

Banana CREAMPIE?!? WTF!

[333br]

@blueberryandpie I Know...! me too! :/