Go Bananas!

It's bananas :O Yes, it's delicious banana cream pie! I had bananas and cream this week so I thought what better way to highlight these ingredients than with this here pie =] The crust, custard and of course the whipped cream is all made from scratch and it sure does make a difference here. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
for the crust:

• 2 cups crushed vanilla wafers
• 1/2 cup of crushed walnuts
• 6 tbs. melted butter

for the rest:

• 4 large ripe bananas
• 2 cups milk
• 6 large egg yolks
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract (custard)
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 4 tbs. butter, room temp
• 2 cups whipping cream
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract (whipped cream)

Directions:

• Crush vanilla wafers and walnuts with food processor or in a large plastic zip lock bag by crushing with a heavy pan. Add melted butter until well combined and press into a buttered pie pan, make sure it is evenly distributed. Place in freezer until ready to fill.
• For the custard, add 1 peeled banana, milk, egg yolks, cornstarch, sugar, vanilla and salt into blender, blend until smooth. Pour into a small saucepan, bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly until mixture bubbles and is thick, about 7 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in butter, a few pieces at a time, until melted. Pour custard into a small bowl and top with plastic wrap so a skin does not form and set aside in refrigerator until room temp.
• While waiting for custard to cool, whip whipping cream, sugar and vanilla until soft peaks form.
• When custard is cool take out pie crust and slice 3 remaining bananas. Pour custard into pie crust and top with the bananas and then, whipped cream, top with few more banana slices for prettiness =]
• Let pie cool in refrigerator for about three hours and then, enjoy!