Soft Pie-Banana Cream Pie

We first made our crust. We did this by combining flour and salt. Once it was all mixed together we cut in lard by using a pastry blender. When it was mixed together we added water. Then I pressed it into the pan and covered and placed in the fridge over night.

I then made a vanilla pudding from scratch. This was hard because I couldn’t let the pudding burn to the bottom of the sauce pan and we had to temper the eggs. After this was all made I set it aside while I cut up bananas into small slices and placed in lemon water to prevent browning. I then laid the bananas in the bottom of the pie crust, and poured the pudding on top of it all.

While we were making the pudding we also made some meringue. I took the whites of the eggs from the pudding and beat them until they make soft tips and added sugar to it. This is to make it sweet. Once this had the right texture to it I placed it on top of the pie and baked it in the oven until the meringue got golden brown tips. I then let it cool in the fridge over night.

I liked this recipe because I love banana cream pie. I enjoyed how the meringue tasted like marshmallow and how the pudding turned out to have just the right amount of flavor to the pie. The only downside to this is that it was really rich.

(Unfortunately the picture for this one wouldn't upload.)