Monday, April 6, 2009

TWD - Banana Cream Pie

Oh dear God is this pie good.  Mr. B ate the WHOLE thing this weekend.  Unfortunately, I'm not kidding!  This is the best TWD recipe so far and I have Amy of Sing for Your Supper to thank for choosing this one.



I do have a confession to make...again.  I used Pillsbury frozen pie crust.  So sue me.  It's easy and I hate to make pie crust.  


As you can see, it kind of shrunk and it's just not pretty.  But frankly, you could have put cardboard around this filling and it wouldn't have mattered.  It was different than any banana cream pie I've had before....with the addition of the cinnamon and nutmeg it had a much different complexity.  


And then Dorie goes and adds sour cream to the whipped cream topping and it just put it over the top.


Since I was usually the one cutting Mr. B another piece, I got the first bite every time.  This just got better every day.



The only changes I made to the recipe were to double the topping.  Mr. B loves him some whipped cream, plus I made the mistake of putting this into a deep dish pie pan (hence the shrinkage).  It worked out!

This is definitely my "go-to" banana cream pie recipe from now on.  Thanks, Dorie!

12 comments:

  1. Well rock on girl! It certainly sounds like you both really really liked this - it was mixed reviews in my house - but you can't win them all, right?

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  2. It looks delicious, Pillsbury or not. And it certainly sounds like it was a winner. Yeah for you!

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  3. This looks lovely! And I keep some Pillsbury on hand just in case I ever have a pie emergency. ;-)

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  4. SO glad you liked it, we really enjoyed it too! :)

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  5. Ooooh I totally should have doubled the topping! It was phenomenal! Love what you did with it, it looks great!

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  6. Your pie looks so wonderful! Glad to hear you liked it so much!

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  7. He ate the whole pie?!?!

    How fabulous!!!

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  8. Gorgeous looking pie! So glad you found your new go-to BCP recipe!! Thanks for baking with me this week!

    -Amy
    www.singforyoursupperblog.com

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  9. It looks great, and double topping sounds yummy!!

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  10. Great looking pie. Is that chocolate shavings on top??? Genius! and very elegant.

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  11. So glad that you and Mr. B enjoyed this. We thought it was out of this world! I used Dorie's crust and it shrunk as well. Next time I think I'm going to use graham cracker crust. Your pie looks delicious!

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  12. Yum, your pie looks awesome! Glad you guys enjoyed it.

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