Marie Callenders Banana Cream Pie Recipe
Serves/Makes: 10
Ingredients:
1 (9 inch) Pie Crust, Baked and Cooled
2 Sliced Bananas
1/4 cup Soft Beaten Cream Cheese
2/3 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 cup Whole Milk
1 1/2 cup Evaporated Milk
4 Beaten Egg Yolks
2 tablespoons Butter Softened
1/8 cup Sliced Almonds
1 tablespoon Vanilla
# **Fresh Whipped Cream Topping***
3/4 cup Chilled Whipping Cream
2 tablespoons Powdered Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Chilled glass or metal mixing bowl
Directions:
Mix in a 2 quart sauce pan sugar, cornstarch, salt, evaporated milk and whole
milk. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until mixture thickens and boils
for 1 minute.
Remove from heat. Slowly pour half of the hot mixture in to eggs and stir until
that mixture is completely incorporated. Then pour the egg mixture in to the pot
with the other half of pudding and continue to cook on medium heat until it
reaches boiling stage again.
Add cream cheese and mix thoroughly (use a hand mixer). It will dissolve the
cream cheese better and make the pudding lighter and creamier. Remove from heat
and add vanilla and butter, keep using the hand mixer until all is blended.
Let pudding stand for 15 minutes but while still warm pour half of pudding in
pie shell and layer with bananas then pour remainder of pudding on top. When pie
is completely cooled top with fresh whipped cream and garnish with sliced
almonds.
For Whipped Topping: Pour cream in to a glass or metal bowl and beat until soft
peaks form gradually add powder sugar until all has been blended and then add
vanilla slowly until it has also been blended . Mixture should have stiff peaks.
The whipped cream may be put into a pastry bag and used for that added effect.