Dessert for 8
Banana Cream Pie with butter
$4.54for 460 minServes 8
This banana cream pie has a wafer crust, vanilla custard, sliced bananas, and whipped cream.
Photo: onceuponachef.com
What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Butter, 5.5 oz$0.40/oz typical | 5.5 oz | $2.20Typical price |
 | Milk, 26 oz$0.04/oz typical | 26 oz | $1.02Typical price |
 | Eggs, 4$0.30 each typical | 4 | $1.20Typical price |
 | Bananas, 1.4 lb$0.62/lb typical | 1.4 lb | $0.87Typical price |
 | Heavy cream, 8.25 oz$0.22/oz typical | 8.25 oz | $1.83Typical price |
 | Crackers, 0.5 oz$0.22/oz typical | 0.5 oz | $0.11Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $9.08 | ||
Swaps
- Swap heavy cream for evaporatedabout $0.08/oz less at typical prices
- Swap milk for almondabout $0.01/oz more at typical prices
- Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices
Pantry staples you likely have
Syrups, molasses, powdered sugarSugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaWine, beer and spirits
Not included in the cost.
- 60 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 8servings as written
- $typical cost tier
AmericanVegetarianBudgetDesserts
Typical price
$1.14 per serving$4.54 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 7 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 6 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 cups whole milk
- 4 large egg yolks
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp bourbon (optional)
- 3 large ripe bananas
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 large ripe banana
- 2 tbsp crushed vanilla wafers
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F.
- Mix the wafer crumbs, brown sugar, and 7 tablespoons butter, then press the mixture into a 9-inch pie plate.
- Bake the crust for 10 minutes and cool it for 5 minutes.
- Whisk the sugar, cornstarch, salt, milk, and egg yolks in a saucepan, then cook for 8 minutes until thick and bubbling.
- Stir in 4 tablespoons butter, vanilla, and bourbon, then cool the custard for 10 minutes.
- Layer sliced bananas and custard in the crust.
- Beat the heavy cream with 1 tablespoon sugar, then spread it over the pie and top with banana slices and wafer crumbs.
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