Old Fashioned Banana Cream Pie!

Out of all the jams I’ve made over the years {and I’ve made a lot!} this recipe for cherry almond jam is HANDS DOWN my favorite all time jam recipe. Who knew, that after all these years of canning, there were still undiscovered recipes that could knock my socks off! I don’t know about you, but I LOVE finding new recipes, especially ones that can make a simple hostess or last minute gift.

This cherry almond jam tastes great on toast, over vanilla ice cream {tried that out last night!} and I suspect the insanely delicious jam will work well as a mix in for coffee cake {I’m going to try it out later this week}. If you are looking for a jam recipe to enter in the county fair, THIS IS THE ONE. It has blue ribbon winner written all over it.

So basically, you need to find yourself a couple of pounds of cherries and make this jam, like pronto. Seriously, times a wastin’. Hop to it.

And in case you are wondering, my favorite peach jam comes in at an immediate second, and JJ’s zucchini relish and the ever popular carrot cake jam are tied for third as my all time favorite canning recipes.

Ingredients

• FOR THE PIE CRUST
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup of cold butter cut into small cubes
• 1/4 of a cup ice water
• FOR THE FILLING
• 1 2/3 cups water
• 4 heaping tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 (14 ounce) can Eagle Brand Condensed Milk
• 3 egg yolks, beaten
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 medium bananas, sliced
• 2 large RIPE bananas, mashed
• FOR WHIPPED CREAM
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 Tablespoons confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)

Instructions

1. FOR THE PIE CRUST:
2. In Large cold bowl, add the cold butter into the flour and add the salt until mixture and hand mix, but NOT until smooth, it should still be combined well but lumpy still with the cold butter still showing.
3. Pour the ice water over the mixture, use a fork until dough begins to form, do NOT over mix.
4. ............................

for full instruction please see : myincrediblerecipes.com

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