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Easy Banana Cream Pie Recipe with Homemade Vanilla Custard

Easy Banana Cream Pie Recipe

A classic banana cream pie made with a baked 9-inch crust, fresh bananas, homemade vanilla custard, and sweetened whipped cream. Make it ahead so the filling has plenty of time to chill and set.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 4 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Pie
  • 1 crust Baked 9-inch pie crust, cooled
  • 3 bananas Medium ripe but firm bananas, sliced
Vanilla Custard
  • 3 cups Whole milk
  • 3/4 cup Granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup All-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 3 yolks Large egg yolks
  • 2 tablespoons Unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Whipped Cream
  • 1 cup Heavy whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons Powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla extract, optional

Method
 

Step-by-Step
  1. Bake the 9-inch pie crust according to its directions and cool it completely. A purchased pre-baked pastry shell or graham-cracker crust may also be used.
  2. Whisk the sugar, flour, and salt in a saucepan. Gradually whisk in the milk and egg yolks until smooth, then cook over medium heat while whisking constantly until thick and gently boiling.
  3. Continue cooking the thickened custard for about 1–2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the butter and vanilla extract.
  4. Arrange half of the sliced bananas in the cooled crust and pour over half of the warm custard. Add the remaining bananas, cover with the remaining custard, press plastic wrap directly onto the surface, and chill for at least 4 hours.
  5. Whip the heavy cream with the powdered sugar and optional vanilla until medium-stiff peaks form. Spread or pipe the whipped cream over the thoroughly chilled pie just before serving.

Notes

Choose bananas that are ripe enough to be sweet but still firm. Add the banana slices shortly before assembling, and lightly coat exposed slices with lemon juice if needed. For the cleanest slices, chill the pie overnight when possible and add whipped cream just before serving.