Banana Cream Pie


Banana Cream Pie
Makes: 8 servings
Prep 45 mins
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Banana Cream Pie
Ingredients
  • 1 recipe Baked Pastry Shell (see Recipe Center)
  • 2 tablespoons  sugar
  • 2 tablespoons  unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup  sugar
  • 1/2 cup  all-purpose flour
  • 3 cups  fat-free milk
  • 1/2 cup  frozen egg product, thawed
  • 2 teaspoons  vanilla
  • 2 medium bananas
  • 1 tablespoon  lemon juice
  • Reduced-fat frozen whipped dessert topping, thawed
  • 1 medium banana, sliced
  • 1/4 cup  apricot or strawberry spreadable fruit, warmed
  • Fresh mint leaves
Directions

1. Prepare Baked Pastry Shell as directed, except add 2 tablespoons sugar and cocoa powder with the flour when making the dough.

2. For filling, in a heavy saucepan combine 1/2 cup sugar and flour. Gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture is thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 1 minute more. Remove from heat. Gradually stir about 1 cup of the hot mixture into the egg product. Return all of the egg mixture to the saucepan. Bring almost to a boil. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla.

3. Thinly slice the 2 bananas and arrange slices over bottom of crust. Pour the hot filling into crust. Cover and cool on wire rack until set. Cover and chill to store.

4. To serve, garnish pie around edge with dessert topping and 1 sliced banana. (Dip banana slices in lemon juice to prevent browning.) Drizzle with apricot spreadable fruit. Garnish with mint leaves. Makes 8 servings.

Baked Pastry Shell
Ingredients
  • 1 1/4 cups  all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon  salt
  • 1/3 cup  shortening
  • 4 - 5 tablespoons  cold water
Directions

1. Stir together flour and salt. Cut in shortening. Moisten dough with water, adding 1 tablespoon at a time and tossing with a fork. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into a 12-inch circle. Ease pastry into a 9-inch pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie plate. Fold under extra pastry. Crimp edge. Prick bottom and side of pastry. Line pastry with a double thickness of foil. Bake in a 450 degrees F oven for 8 minutes. Remove foil. Bake for 5 to 6 minutes more or until golden brown. Cool on wire rack.

Nutrition Facts (Banana Cream Pie)
  • Servings Per Recipe 8,
  • cal. (kcal) 313,
  • Fat, total (g) 8,
  • chol. (mg) 2,
  • sat. fat (g) 2,
  • carb. (g) 54,
  • fiber (g) 1,
  • pro. (g) 8,
  • sodium (mg) 143,
  • Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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