Recipe
Dessert
Old-Fashioned Banana Cream Pie
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Servings and Ingredients
Ingredients
Serves 8
Quantity | Ingredient | Add |
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⅓ c. all-purpose flour | ||
⅔ c. plus 6 tbsp sugar | ||
¾ tsp. salt, divided | ||
2 c. milk, scalded | ||
3 large eggs, separated | ||
2 tbsp. butter or margarine | ||
1 tsp. vanilla, divided | ||
3 large ripe bananas | ||
1 baked 9-inch pie shell | ||
¼ tsp. cream of tartar |
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Combine flour, 2/3 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt in saucepan. Add milk slowly, stirring constantly. Continue stirring and cook over low heat until thickened.
- Beat egg yolks. Add a little of the hot mixture to the egg yolks and mix well. Blend gradually into hot mixture. Cook 2 minutes. Add butter and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Cool thoroughly.
- Peel bananas and slice evenly over bottom of pie shell. Cover with cooled filling.
- Add 1/4 teaspoon salt and cream of tartar to egg whites. Beat until frothy. Add 6 tablespoons sugar gradually, beating constantly. Continue beating egg whites until stiff. Pile meringue over filling so it touches the pastry edge on all sides.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until meringue is delicately browned.
Nutrition facts
Servings
270 Calories per serving
Amounts Per Serving
- Total Fat: 11g
- Cholesterol: 90mg
- Sodium: 410mg
- Total Carbohydrates: 39g
- Protein: 6g
Daily Values
0%
Vitamin A 6%
0%
Vitamin C 6%
0%
Iron 6%
0%
Calcium 10%