Recipe

The Best Ever Banana Puddin Pie Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Tnjazmyn / All my dishes 1 year, 5 months ago Due to plagiarism, I can not lay claims on this one. I have made a few tweaks to the original recipe which I discovered in a Southern Living Magazine. I have won pie contests with this one, and have used it to my advantage as we all know the way to... More Prep:20m Cook:24m Servings:8	Tnjazmyn
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Ingredients

Crust Ingredients:

1 (12-oz.) box vanilla wafers, divided

1/2 cup butter, melted

2 large bananas, sliced

Vanilla Cream Filling Ingredients:

3/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

2 Large eggs

4 egg yolks

2 cups milk

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Meringue ingredients:

4 egg whites

1/2 cup sugar

Here is my twist: 1 box Mini Vanilla Wafers

Directions

Bake: 24 min.; Cool: 1 hr., 30 min.; Chill: 4 hrs.

For Crust:

Set aside 30 vanilla wafers; pulse remaining vanilla wafers in a food processor 8 to 10 times or until coarsely crushed. (Yield should be about 2 1/2 cups.)

Stir together crushed vanilla wafers and melted butter until blended.

Firmly press on bottom, up sides, and onto lip of a 9-inch pie plate.

Make sure to go all the way to the lip. I use glass plates not metal.

Bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

Remove to a wire rack, and let cool 30 minutes or until completely cool. This gives you time to make your delicious homemade puddin!

Now lets make the Puddin'

In a saucepan, combine the 3/4 cup sugar, flour, eggs, egg yolks and milk.

Cook over medium low heat, stirring constantly, for 8 - 10 minutes or until it has thickened to the consistency of pudding. Personal note: for some reason, I have never accomplished this time frame. Perhaps maybe gas would do this rather than electric, I don't know. It has taken me up to 30 minutes to reach pudding consistency, so please don't be alarmed as I was if it takes you longer. If anyone can tell me why it takes me longer, I will gladly take the advice. I just like to think that it is allowing my crust extra time to cool down. Remove from heat and add vanilla.

Arrange banana slices evenly over bottom of crust.

Spread half of hot filling over bananas; top with 20 vanilla wafers.

Spread remaining hot filling over vanilla wafers. (Filling will be about 1/4 inch higher than top edge of crust.)

For the meringue:

Use a very clean glass mixing bowl, no exceptions.

Beat egg whites at high speed with an electric mixer until foamy.

Best results if egg whites are at room temperature.

Add sugar, 1 Tbsp. at a time, beating until stiff peaks form and sugar dissolves.

Spread meringue evenly over hot filling, sealing the edges. This is key!

Gently insert mini wafers around the edge of pie dish halfway into the pie creating a lovely "crust" appearance.

Bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.

Remove from oven, and let cool 1 hour on a wire rack or until completely cool.

Coarsely crush remaining 10 vanilla wafers, and sprinkle evenly over top of pie.

Chill 4 hours.

To Neatly cut a meringue pie, dip the knife blade in ice cold water or lightly coat the blade with cooking spray.

Yield: Makes 8 servings

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Comments

magali777 1 year, 5 months ago said:
Sounds delicious! thanks for posting

minitindel 1 year, 5 months ago said:
Hey there i love banana pudding good one ......

sparow64 1 year, 5 months ago said:
This is wonderful!! Can't beat Southern Living, huh? I can imagine you winning many contests with this one. Thanks for sharing.

sparow64 1 year, 5 months ago said:
This sounds fabulous! I can see it winning many prizes. Thanks for sharing.

trigger 1 year, 5 months ago said:
This is a well written recipe Jazmyn I like the neat short cut of using box vanilla wafers for the crust.
Topping this banana pudding with a lovely meringue gives it so much eye appeal.
Even the directions at the end for cutting the pie is a nice detail that is usualy left out.
You have my 5 fork rating
Michael

chefmeow 1 year, 5 months ago said:
This sounds fabulous and the picture is delightful. Can't wait to try this, great post. You have my 5.

shine 1 year, 5 months ago said:
Lovely! I say why hurry? So what if it takes 30 minutes instead of 10 LOL. Seriously, if you were to change anything, it just wouldn't be the same now would it? ;-) But in the event that you're going to be adventurous and try -- gently bump up the heat to between medium and medium-low the next time ya make it, then the time after bump it up a little bit more -- just do it in small increments. Electric stoves are bit temperamental around the medium temperature point. I have one of those stoves that thinks that anything -- even a fraction of an inch -- above medium means that I'm in a hurry, so will try and melt the pan! So, be careful! Thank you for sharing!

zena824 1 year, 5 months ago said:
Sounds wonderful to me... Love banana pudding....