Old-Fashioned Banana Cream Pie

(adapted from food.com, link

image from www.thehungrywife.com)

This recipe is so yummy! Even my extended family loves this one and can't tell it's dairy-free.

45 min total | 15 min prep

Ingredients

• 1 9-inch dairy-free graham cracker crust
• 3 cups Silk Pure Almond Vanilla Almond Milk (or soy milk)
  
• 2 tablespoons Bestlife Buttery Baking Sticks (or other dairy-free butter substitute)
• 3/4 cup white sugar
  
• 1/3 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
  
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons Bestlife Buttery Baking Sticks (or other dairy-free butter substitute)
• 2-3 bananas

Directions

1. Have pie crust ready.
2. In a large saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons butter substitute into 3 cups almond or soy milk.
3. In another saucepan, combine the sugar, flour and salt; gradually stir in the heated almond milk and butter substitute mixture.
4. Over medium heat, stirring constantly, cook until thickened. (15-20 min.)
5. Cover and, stirring occasionally, cook for two minutes longer.
6. In a small bowl, have the 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten, ready: stir a small amount of the hot mixture into beaten yolks; when thoroughly combined, stir yolks into hot mixture.
7. Cook for one minute longer, stirring constantly.
8. Remove from heat and blend in additional 2 tablespoons butter substitute. If using plain almond or soy milk, stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla at this point.
9. Let sit until lukewarm.
10. When ready to pour, slice bananas and scatter in pie shell; pour warm mixture over bananas.
11. If desired, make a meringue (you'll have 3 leftover egg whites) to top the pie, or just refrigerate pie until firm and serve.

Notes:

1. I have used both almond and soy milk in this recipe. Both work but I like the flavor of the almond milk better.
2. You should be able to slice into this pie and have it hold it's shape. A way to tell if the mixture is thickened enough is if in step 8 it is already starting to hold it's shape a bit. (a.k.a You could push the mixture over to one side of the saucepan and it would very slowly move back and not really return to level.)