Description
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.
Ingredients
- Milk
- Flour
- Cornstarch
- Egg Yolks
- Sugar
- Salt
- Butter
- Vanilla
- Deep Dish Pie Shell
- Bananas
Instructions
- To make filling: mix flour and constarch with 1 / 3 cup cold milk to make a thin smooth paste, and set aside
- In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks, then add sugar and salt and beat well
- In a medium saucepan, scald remaining milk, stirring constantly
- 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
- Pour both mixtures into the pot with the scalded milk and stir well
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened
- Remove from heat
- Add butter and vanilla, and stir well
- To assemble pie: pour a layer of custard filling in in the pie shell
- 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
- Refrigerate once the custard has cooled
- Serve with whipped cream or cool whip