Banana Cream Pie
Everyone will love this Southern-inspired dessert..
1recipe Chocolate Cookie Crust (below)
4firm bananas
¼teaspoon ground cinnamon
Makes one
Approximate preparation time: 50 minutes including pastry cream; allow 2 hours for chilling
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Prepare Chocolate Cookie Crust according to recipe below.
1recipe Lightened Pastry Cream (page 64)
Insert the slicing disc, adjusted to 4mm, into the large work bowl of the Cuisinart® Food Processor and slice the bananas.
Gently fold the bananas and cinnamon into the prepared lightened pastry cream. Pour the banana pastry cream equally into the baked, cooled cookie crust and chill for at least 2 hours before serving.
Nutritional information per serving:
Calories 315 (52% from fat) carb. 35g pro. 4g fat 19g sat. fat 11g chol. 111mg sod. 177mg calc. 61mg fiber 2g
Chocolate Cookie Crust
We love this with our Banana Cream Pie, but it also makes
a cheesecake even more decadent..
24chocolate wafer cookies, about ½ box
1tablespoon granulated sugar
¼cup (½ stick) unsalted butter, melted
Makes 1 cup, 12 servings
Approximate preparation time: 1 minute plus 15 minutes for baking time
Insert the large metal chopping blade into the medium work bowl of the Cuisinart® Food Processor. Add the cookies and pulse 10 times. Add the sugar and pulse an additional 5 times. With the machine running, drizzle in the melted butter until incorporated.
Press crust into a
Nutritional information per serving:
Calories 85 (55% from fat) carb. 9g pro. 1g fat 5g sat. fat 3g chol. 10mg sod. 65mg calc. 3mg fiber 0g