Super Easy Banana Cream Pie

Have I told you yet how much Bill loves pie?

When he got an unfortunate diagnosis a year or so back, (nothing serious) and had to loose weight, he grieved (whined, tantrumed) a lot for pie!!!! 
It was January for heaven's sake. 
Thanksgiving (Pie Fest in our family) was 11 months away. 

I reassured him that if he did the hard work and lost the weight it would be okay to have a small piece of pie now and then.

He did the very hard work and lost the a whopping 45lbs.
 I am very proud of him.

His birthday is a special occasion and instead of cake he wanted 

Banana Cream Pie. 

My Sis -in-law has a fantastic banana pudding recipe. I decided to use that filling for our pie. Sans the vanilla wafers.

  Super Easy Banana Cream Pie

1 graham cracker pie crust

3 1/2 to 4 bananas

1 lg. pkg vanilla instant pudding 

1 can sweetened condensed milk (I use Eagle Brand.)

2 cups ice cold milk

1 cup whipped cream for the filling

Mix together pudding mix, milk and Eagle Brand in a bowl. Add bananas. Pour into a pie shell and refrigerate for several hours.

"Frost" with additional whipped cream.
Garnish with extra bananas, if desired.

I have done this two ways. I have used Cool Whip and I have made my own whipped cream. 

Either way is fine.

But...
In comparison you can see the Cool Whip Pie looks a little shiny.

The whipped cream was harder to decorate with but looks better and tastes better. 

 I made it while I was in Colorado.
I had fun poking around the cabin looking for the best props for the photo. I totally love these mid-century plates with the Formica counter. 

In Colorado

 

with my dear brother and his fam. 

I think they liked it. 

You could also make your own from scratch vanilla pudding. I just don't do well standing at the stove for an hour stirring pudding only to have it not set. :\

I think this pie would be fabulous in a scratch flaky pie crust 

or 
in a vanilla wafer crust.

I'm totally feeling inspired by a yellow and white scheme. 
Uh Oh!

I hope you try it and I hope you like it!

Katie

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