Not everyone can make it home for holidays, particularly holidays like Easter. There’s no school break aligned with it, and the last term of the school year is often the most hectic. Between final projects and papers, school events, preparing for graduation and all that entails–passing your classes, packing up your stuff, plans for the future, getting a job, finding a place to live…–and then, not to mention, trying to make the most of your final weeks of the school year, there really isn’t time to go home. The good news is when you have a kitchen, a few simple ingredients and some benevolent friends it’s easy to find ways to celebrate. We made a wonderful brunch with pancakes, biscuits, fruit, and eggs; and then, of course, pie.
For April and for Easter we made a tasty tasty Old Fashioned Banana Cream pie with peanut butter and chocolate, because what goes better with bananas than peanut butter and chocolate?
We followed a recipe from: http://www.food.com/recipe/old-fashioned-banana-cream-pie-14979
Ingredients:
1 (9 inch) pie crusts, baked (we used a pre-made Nilla Wafer crust)
3 cups whole milk (as always we used almond milk)
3/4 cup white sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 bananas
To prep the Nilla Wafer cust we had we first spread whipped peanut butter and then melted semi-sweet chocolate over the bottom of the crust. While that cooled we began making the filling!
Directions:
1. Have baked 9-inch pie shell ready.
2. In a large saucepan, scald the milk.
3. In another saucepan, combine the sugar, flour and salt; gradually stir in the scalded milk.
4. Over medium heat, stirring constantly, cook until thickened.
5. Cover and, stirring occasionally, cook for two minutes longer.
6. In a small bowl, have the 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten, ready; stir a small amount of the hot mixture into beaten yolks; when thoroughly combined, stir yolks into hot mixture.
7. Cook for one minute longer, stirring constantly.
8. Remove from heat and blend in the butter and vanilla.
9. Let sit until lukewarm.
10. When ready to pour, slice bananas and scatter in pie shell; pour warm mixture over bananas.
11. If desired, make a meringue (you’ll have 3 leftover egg whites) to top the pie, or just let the pie cool until serving.
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