Banana cream pie

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The Banana cream pie, is a banana variant of cream pie.

[edit] Ingredients

It is a dessert often comprised of the following ingredients: a baked pie crust (sometimes made from graham flour), sugar, flour, salt, milk, eggs, butter, vanilla, and bananas and banana flavored crust.

[edit] Preparation

Commonly the crust is baked first then the custard is made and cooled then the optional cream or meringue topping is made. The pie is assembled by slicing the bananas into thin slices and putting them on the bottom of the crust, pouring the custard over them making sure they are completely covered, then adding the whipped cream or meringue in a thick layer on top. If meringue is used the pie is baked for an additional ten minutes or until light brown. The pie then needs to be refrigerated until completely cool.

The banana cream pie has many variations including black bottom (chocolate). Other common variants include the addition of coconut, cinnamon, chocolate, cheese and various fruits.