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Banana Pudding Pie
This homemade Banana Pudding Pie is cool, creamy, and delicious! Vanilla pudding, freshly sliced bananas, and Nilla Wafers make this classic dessert.
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If you love banana pudding then you’re going to be crazy about this homemade Banana Pudding Pie. Vanilla pudding, freshly sliced bananas, and Nilla Wafers, it’s the classic dessert you love, but in a pie.
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Comfort foods not only make us feel at home, but they also make our mouths water. There are Southern comfort foods, classic American comfort foods, and there should certainly be a category for dessert comfort foods, where Banana Pudding Pie would be a star.
A fabulous Southern dessert, Banana Pudding Pie takes all those classic flavors and piles them into a comforting pie. Ready to eat in just 20 minutes, this pie is sure to please any banana pudding lover.
A flaky crust covered with slices of fresh banana, a layer of rich vanilla pudding, fresh whipped cream, and finally Nilla Wafers. Creamy, cool, and delicious, just like a banana pudding should be, only this is a pie that you can easily slice and serve!
Banana Pudding Pie Ingredients
- Vanilla pudding mix
- Milk
- Half and half
- Bananas
- Nilla Wafers
- Heavy cream
- Powdered sugar
- Vanilla
- Pie crust
Think of this as a nearly homemade, made from scratch pie, with a few shortcuts to get in on the table faster. One of the main ingredients that make this recipe whip up in mere minutes is the instant vanilla pudding mix.
Nearly a no-bake recipe, the only part of the pie that gets put into the oven is the crust. Here you can make your own pie crust from scratch, or you can take another shortcut from the store and use a pre-made pie crust. Because the filling portion of the pie doesn't get baked, the first step is to blind bake your pie crust. This can be done using pie weights, dried beans, or rice.
Do you like your banana pudding with a bit more crunch? Wait until right before you serve to add the Nilla Wafers on top to make sure they don’t get soggy. Another way to dress up the appearance, and flavor, of your pie, is to drizzle caramel sauce over the top of the finished pie.
How to Make Banana Pudding Pie
FIRST STEP: While the pie dough is still chilled, roll it out and place it into a 9-inch baking dish. Crimp the edges of the pie crust.
SECOND STEP: Gently place a piece of foil down into the pie crust and fill it with dried beans or pie weights.
THIRD STEP: Let the crust sit for several minutes on the counter so that it comes to room temperature. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 450.
FOURTH STEP: Once the oven has preheated, bake the pie crust for 10 minutes. Briefly remove it from the oven, take out the foil and beans and then place it back into the oven for 2 - 3 more minutes.
FIFTH STEP: Remove the pie from the oven and let it cool completely before proceeding.
SIXTH STEP: To make the pudding filling, whisk together the pudding mix, milk, and half and half. Place in the refrigerator and chill until ready to use.
SEVENTH STEP: Once the pie crust has cooled completely, place 1 - 2 layers of sliced bananas on the bottom of the pie crust.
EIGHTH STEP: Spread the chilled pudding filling over the top of the bananas.
NINTH STEP: To make the whipped cream, pour whipping cream into the base of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Add vanilla and powdered sugar. Mix on low until the powdered sugar is mixed in, then turn to high and whip for 1 minute or until stiff peaks form. Place in a piping bag and pipe around the edges of the pie. Alternate the top of the whipped cream with Nilla Wafers and banana slices.
Cooking Tips
You can swap the 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract for 1 teaspoon of banana extract to enhance the banana flavor.
Rather than a flaky crust that needs to be baked, you could use a graham cracker crust or make a Nilla Wafer crust.
To keep the bananas from turning brown too quickly, you can sprinkle a little lemon juice onto the sliced bananas. Just a little so you don’t change the flavor.
Storing this Recipe
IN THE FRIDGE: Leftovers only keep for about a day in the fridge as the bananas will start to turn brown.
IN THE FREEZER: If you want to make the pie ahead of time you can freeze it, just leave off the whipped cream and toppings until you’re ready to serve. Otherwise, the whipped topping will not freeze well, and the cookies will get soggy.
Banana Pudding Pie
This homemade Banana Pudding Pie is cool, creamy, and delicious! Vanilla pudding, freshly sliced bananas, and Nilla Wafers make this classic dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 large box instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 ½ cups milk
- ½ cup half and half
- 2-3 large bananas
- Nilla Wafers
- 1 cup whipped heavy cream
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 9 inch pie crust
DIRECTIONS
- While the pie dough is still chilled, roll it out and place it into a 9 inch baking dish. Crimp the edges of the pie crust.
- Note: you can use a store bought pie crust or make your own.
- Gently place a piece of foil down into the pie crust and fill it with dried beans or pie weights.
- Let the crust sit for several minutes on the counter so that it comes to room temperature. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 450.
- Once the oven has preheated, bake the pie crust for 10 minutes. Briefly remove it from the oven, take out the foil and beans and then place it back into the oven for 2 - 3 more minutes.
- Remove the pie from the oven and let it cool completely before proceeding.
- To make the pudding filling, whisk together the pudding mix, milk and half and half. Place in the refrigerator and chill until ready to use.
- Once the pie crust has cooled completely, place 1 - 2 layers of sliced bananas on the bottom of the pie crust.
- Spread the chilled pudding filling over the top of the bananas.
- To make the whipped cream, pour whipping cream into the base of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Add vanilla and powdered sugar. Mix on low until the powdered sugar is mixed in, then turn to high and whip for 1 minute or until stiff peaks form. Place in a piping bag and pipe around the edges of the pie. Alternate the top of the whipped cream with Nilla Wafers and banana slices.
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Nutrition
Calories: 305kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 125mg | Potassium: 230mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 584IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 93mg | Iron: 1mg
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