Chocolate Banana Cream Pie

Chocolate Banana Cream Pie.

I don’t really share pie recipes.  Have you noticed?  Unless their mini, like these Mini Pecan Pies, and Mini French Silk Pies.

Want to know why?

Well.. pies aren’t perfect.  At least mine aren’t.  I always see the images of the perfect pies and I think “Wow.  That person has their life figured out.”

I imagine them in the kitchen cooking.  In a calm environment.  Maybe some music playing. Taking their time to make sure the crust is perfect.  That the filling is just so.  That it turns out absolutely gorgeous.

That is probably the complete opposite of my time in the kitchen.  Usually rushed during nap time or done during the calm moments that the toddlers are playing nicely and not attacking each other or climbing on the table causing me to momentarily panic as I run jumping over random toys that are strewn all over the floor to get them.

INGREDIENTS

• Chocolate Pie Crust
• 1 and 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon white granulated sugar
• 8 tablespoons cold butter (cut into tablespoon size slices)
• 4-5 tablespoons ice water
• 1 tablespoon flour to roll dough out with
• Chocolate Cream Layer
• 1 cup heavy cream (divided)
• 5 ounces semi sweet chocolate chopped
• Custard Layer
• 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 and 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
• pinch of salt
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 and 1/4 cup half and half
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Topping
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
• banana slices
• chopped chocolate

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Chocolate Pie Crust
2. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
3. Add the flour, salt, baking powder, cocoa powder, sugar in a food processor (affiliate link). Pulse to combine.
4. Add in the cold butter and pulse until the butter is cut into the flour mixture and has the texture of coarse meal.
5. Slowly add the ice water a tablespoon at a time pulsing after each addition until the pie crust clumps together and forms a ball in the processor.
6. ...................................

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