Banana Cream Pie
Ingredients
¾ cup white sugar
⅓ cup all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
3 egg yolks, beaten
2 tablespoons butter
1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 (9 inch) baked pastry shell, cooled
4 bananas, sliced
Directions
* 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.
**Banana Cream Pie**
*Ingredients*
¾ cup white sugar
⅓ cup all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
3 egg yolks, beaten
2 tablespoons butter
1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 (9 inch) baked pastry shell, cooled
4 bananas, sliced
*Directions*
* 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.
