
If you enjoy pie as much as I do, check out these other amazing pie recipes I’ve shared.Let us give you your time back. And the best part about making pies is that you can use the skills you’ve learned with one recipe and use them when making others. I think it’s safe to say I have a thing for pies. Due to the nature of the ingredients, make sure you are storing your banana cream pie in the fridge – again if it makes it to the fridge at all. In my house the answer is less than an hour, but generally it will last properly covered in a fridge for 3-4 days. Wait until it is fully thawed.Īnother question I am asked is how long banana cream pie lasts for. If you need to freeze your pie, do not put the whipped cream on before you freeze it. There is a chance condensation could affect the moisture of the crust, as well as the composition of the whipped cream. The simple answer is yes – but it won’t be exactly the same. One question I am often asked is whether you can freeze a banana cream pie. To learn more about what that means, read my whipped cream guide. You want the whipped cream to be whipped to stiff peaks. I use vanilla bean when I have it on hand, but most of the times I use vanilla extract. The recipe is a bit different, but you can find info about the method and other tips. You can read more about pastry cream here.

They should be slightly speckled but not mushy. Use ripe bananas to ensure they are soft and sweet, and not black, overly ripe bananas. This banana pie filling is made of 3 layers: My vanilla pastry cream recipe is thick (and so tasty!), so you won’t have this issue. One of the biggest issues people face when making banana cream pie is runny filling.
EASY BANANA CREAM PIE RECIPE HOW TO
Here’s a visual guide on how to use weights when baking a crust.

You need to bake the crust before filling it with the filling ingredients. To fully bake the crust you’ll first need to bake it with pie weights, dry beans, or uncooked rice (because the pastry puffs up during baking), and then a few minutes longer without pie weights. My homemade pie crust uses butter for the best flavor and flaky texture. Making a delicious and flaky crust is usually the scariest part of baking pies for most people. Giving each layer the love and attention they deserve not only makes this recipe easy to create, but oh so delicious too! Crust
EASY BANANA CREAM PIE RECIPE SERIES
Because this banana cream pie recipe is a series of steps and layers, you can focus your time and attention on each layer. I am convinced you can achieve all of these aspects with this recipe. When making a banana cream pie you want that perfectly flaky crust, the just ripe enough bananas, the perfect pastry cream, and the best whipped cream topping. But when I finally did, the wait was well worth it! It takes a few steps to make this pie but once you bite into that thing you’ll understand why I make it again and again. I’ve been waiting to share with you this banana cream pie recipe for weeks now, but first I needed to find the best ripe bananas I could get, because you know how I need everything to be perfect and turns out it wasn’t that easy. The only difficult part is having to share it with others. With this recipe I will show you how to make a pie that looks amazing and tastes even better. Making an amazing banana cream pie at home doesn’t have to be a daunting task. It tastes like banana pudding, only better!

This old-fashioned banana cream pie recipe is made with my favorite homemade flaky pie crust and layers of fresh bananas, vanilla pastry cream, and whipped cream.
