CINNAMON-CRUMB CRUST
1 1/3 c Crushed vanilla wafers;
-about 35 cookies
2 tb Sugar
1/2 ts Ground cinnamon
5 tb Butter or margarine; melted
FILLING
2/3 c Sugar
1/4 c All-purpose flour
3 tb Cornstarch
1/4 ts Ground cinnamon
1/4 ts Salt
2 1/4 c Milk
Yolks from 2 large eggs
1/3 c Semisweet chocolate chips
2 tb Butter or margarine
1 ts Vanilla extract
3 lg Bananas; about 1-1/2 lbs.
TOPPING
1 1/2 c Whipping cream
3 tb Confectioner’s sugar
1/4 ts Vanilla extract
GARNISH
Chocolate curls; see Note
Sliced bananas
Recipe By : Woman’s Day 2/1/95
Heat oven to 350F. Have 9″ pie plate ready.
Crust: Mix cookie crumbs, sugar and cinnamon. Add butter and stir until
evenly moistened. Press over bottom and up sides of pie plate. Bake 10 to
12 minutes until lightly browned. Cool on wire rack. Filing: In a large
saucepan, stir sugar, flour, cornstarch, cinnamon and salt to mix. Add milk
and whisk in dry mixture around sides of bottom. Whisk over medium-high
heat until boiling. Reduce heat to low and cook 2 to 3 minutes until very
thick. Remove from heat. Whisk egg yolks in a large bowl. Gradually whisk
in about half the hot mixture until blended. Scrape egg mixture into
saucepan and whisk over low heat until very thick, about 5 minutes. Remove
from heat and stir in chocolate and butter until melted. Stir in vanilla.
Cool to room temperature, stirring often. (To cool quickly, set post in ice
water.) Slice 1-1/2 bananas directly into pie crust. Spread with half the
filling (about 1-1/4 cups). Slice remaining bananas evenly over top and
spread with remaining filling. Cover and refrigerate until set, at least 3
hours. Topping: Beat whipping cream, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer
until stiff peaks form when beaters are lifted. Spread cream on pie in
decorative swirls. T op with chocolate curls and sliced banana. Note: To
make curls, first hold a bar of milk chocolate or semisweet chocolate in
your hands to warm and slightly soften it. Then slowly and firmly pull a
swivel-blade vegetable peeler across the chocolate.
Yields
8 Servings