Monday, April 6, 2009

TWD: Banana Cream Pie

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Custard, yum! Banana, yum! Pie crust, umm... I blame my dislike for pie crust on a scary chicken pot pie incident in grade 6 when we went on a 3 day trip at a wilderness lodge. Of course that crust is nothing compared to Dorie's and it wasn’t so much the crust that bothered me than the filling *shudders*, but for some reason I just can’t let it go. I didn't want a bunch of leftover egg whites so for every 2 yolks, I just used one egg, which worked but is probably not as rich. Here is my banana cream, which I hope is just as wonderfully delicious minus the crust and the whipped cream. There's nothing like a dusting of cinnamon sugar over bananas! (ok, so maybe it's not as delicious as whipped cream!!)

Thanks to Amy of Sing for Your Supper for choosing this recipe, which can be found on her blog and here. Don't forget to visit the TWD Blogroll!

Oops! I messed up the stupid 12:00 thing again.. I must be too stressed from the research papers I'm writing!!

31 comments:

  1. Sounds like quite a horrifying 6th grade experience. I hear you, though: traumatic childhood food experiences can really leave you scarred! This banana cream pie does look totally delicious, though! All three elements sound fabulous to me, and it looks like yours turned out just excellently!

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  2. ahhh oh no! what happened in 6th grade that has scarred pie crusts?

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  3. Even though you had a terrible experience with pie crust you still managed to create a wonderful "pie". The rustic look of it really won me over.

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  4. Well hey, pie crusts are overrated in my opinion ;-) Still love your version!!

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  5. Your crustless banana cream pie looks delicious!!

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  6. You know, I would make more pies myself if they didn't have crusts ... it's all about the filling, anyway. One of my projects for this spring is to find a perfect crustless quiche.

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  7. I think it looks fabulous, all crustless and perfect. Nice and simple!

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  8. I've always been afraid to make traditional pie crust, but I did it and it actually came out pretty good. I'm still not a huge fan, and actually like the taste of graham cracker crust more, but Dorie's recipe is pretty easy.

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  9. looks delicious even wothout crust :)

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  10. You must be pretty scarred from a pie crust in 6th grade.

    Don't feel bad - my husband only eats the crust, not the filling.

    sigh

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  11. This looks just delicious! Glad to know it worked with fewer eggs.

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  12. Way to make it your own - I have to skip this week because my family has me working on their favorites, I can't generally eat pie crusts, this may be a good way to try it with soy cream.

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  13. This looks delicious sans-crust, but I'm kind of sad to hear of your youthful pie crust trauma incident. Pie crust need not be scary -- for cream pies in particular, a pat-in-the-pan type recipe can really work very well and be very delicious!

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  14. I am not the biggest crust fan either, I would rather save my calories for something else:)

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  15. I never have been a big fan of crust, but Dorie has swayed me quite a bit. I was thinking of going this way too, but as you know I made the crust. Looks pretty tempting!

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  16. Oh I'm sorry you don't like pie crust! That is my favorite part of the pie! But your filling and bananas look GREAT!

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  17. I had a bad experience with a soft boiled egg so I understand.

    Although my vodka pie crust is basically no fail. You might want to give it a go.

    But the banana, cinnamona and cream do sound good!

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  18. Nothing wrong with simple bananas and custard! I can eat that all day.

    btw, I am going to make chicken pot pie this Thursday . . . scary, huh? ;)

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  19. Great idea! I think you got down to the essence of what this pie is all about - the bananas (which I thought could have benefited from a little cinnamon and sugar) and the custard. The crust and the whipped cream merely gets in the way.
    Looks fantastic!

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  20. Seriously beautiful!!! Thanks for baking with me this week!

    -Amy
    www.singforyoursupperblog.com

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  21. Sorry you have scar tissue about pie crust. I'm just afraid of it with no excuse! :) Your cream and bananas looks fantastic!!

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  22. Your banana dessert looks great!

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  23. I'm not a fan of pie crust, but really it's because I don't like eating it haha Good job on not completely giving up though! I will probably just make the filling and topping only next time because pie crust is overrated lol

    Good luck with your papers! I'm graduating in 3 weeks o.o

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  24. Even minus the pie crust and whipped cream it still sounds and looks D-lish!
    ~ingrid

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  25. That little desert looks just right. Crust or no.... it was a good flavor.

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  26. Oh, I know all about those traumatizing kitchen experiences. Well, I don't think you're crustless banana cream is lacking for anything; it looks perfect as is!

    P.S. Hope your paper went well!

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  27. Mmm It's times like this when I really wish I was a TWDer!

    No, they don't say why the ice water... I wish they did too! But they don't give reasons for ANYTHING in that book! That's the only thing I dislike about it, NO SCIENCE! :(

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  28. LOL, I didn't used to like crust. Too bad some pot pie ruined it for you.

    Your version looks perfectly acceptable. The filling was really the hit of this dish anyway.

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  29. Your version looks delicious! And you avoided having the crust issues that I had.

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  30. crust aversion? poor thing
    love that you still made it though :)

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