I call it Cheaper than Rachael Ray Banana Creme Pie. (Cheaper than she is, because she cuts corners wherever she can. And I cut the corners off of corners in this recipe.) This recipe is so cheap that I think Little Monster might be able to make it. He helps me with all but the cream part.
Cheaper than Rachael Ray Banana Creme Pie:
You need
1 pre-made graham cracker crust
1 banana
1 package of Instant Banana Creme Pudding (two if using my home-made crust, recipe below)
Milk (enough to follow pie directions on Jello Box)
Cool Whip
Are you ready for this? I'm not sure you can handle it. Wait a minute. Yes. Yes, you can.
- Open the Pie Crust. Be careful not to cut yourself on either the plastic or the foil.
- Peel the banana. (Whew! Are you sweating yet? I am!)
- Cut the banana into bite sized pieces, and put them in the bottom of the crust.
- Give the rest of the banana bits to your toddler.
- Mix pudding in a bowl, following the PIE directions on the box.
- Pour into pie crust on top of bananas.
- Dump cool whip onto pudding. Or, I use my Pampered Chef, EZ accent decorator and make it look pretty.
- Refrigerate for at least an hour.
That's a lot of steps. I know, but it's okay. You can do this one. The first time I made this pie, my husband came home, and said "Hey? Where did you buy that pie?" When I told him I made it, he assumed it was because we were going to some pot-luck. When he found out I made it just for him, we ate the whole thing. In one sitting. And then we felt sick. But it was sooo good. The second time I made it, he ate the entire pie almost entirely by himself. And swore he'd love me forever if I did nothing but make him that pie. But that time, I made it with my own crust. I would use two boxes of pudding if you use the crust below, though.
Graham Cracker Crust
A bunch of graham crackers
Some sugar (optional)
1 stick of butter or margarine.
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Melt Butter
- put graham crackers in Osterizer blender and blend until they are fine crumbs. You need about 1 3/4 cups
- Put about 1/4 cup sugar in Osterizer (or use about 1/4 cup powdered sugar) and blend with the graham crackers.
- Mix the cracker/sugar mix and melted butter in a bowl until crumbs are wet, then press into a deep dish pie pan in an even layer.
- Bake for 10 minutes, then let cool.
Make the pie using the directions above.
It is good. And it is easy. Because that's how I do things. If it is too hard, or takes too long, I get bored, and things burn. But give me a recipe that looks professional with cheap ingredients and 10 minutes (or less) of work, and I'm ALL about it!
10 comments:
Mmmm....banana cream pie....
Sounds delish! Thanks for the recipe!
Yummmmm...I love banana pie!
I make one just like this, except- and this may blow your mind- I cut up a second banana and put it on top of the cool whip. Delish! :o)
Yum-o! I hate Rachael Ray. She's too chipper.
Thanks for posting that. I could probably eat this by myself, but since I'm not pregnant anymore it would probably be classified as gross and not pregnancy-cute. I shall make it tonight and see what happens.
I {heart} Rachael Ray. Because she tells you not to measure stuff. "Just eyeball it." I love having permission to do what I was going to do anyway!
Your pie sounds pretty good, but d'you think it would work with chocolate pudding? :)
Mmmm. Pie. I heart pie.
The best part of my thanksgiving growing up was always my mom's chocolate pudding pie very simular to your banana cream. When I grew up and began making it for friends and my husband's family you would think that I had slaved for hours and make the most complex desert in hisotry! Not that I was going to correct them!
That sounds delicious and just easy enough for me to handle! I'm bookmarking this entry so I can return to it again. Thanks for sharing!!
i'm stoked because i can't have chocolate anymore, so this is perfect!
Oh, I love a man so pleased by pie! My husbands favorites are not so easy. Rack of lamb. Creme brulee. Bread pudding. What can I say, he's a first-born golden boy. Your pie reminds me of my moms chocolate pudding and cool whip pie, my childhood favorite. Mmmm.
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