If you are like most shoppers, or even like me, I always have two or three leftover ripe bananas (sometimes more from the bunch) on my kitchen table. Also, I’m not quite sure why this potassium rich fruit don’t disappear off the table almost immediately as they tend to ripen up pretty fast—usually within 24 to 48 hours they start to soften and develop those BIG brown acne spots. LOL 🙂
Well everyone knows that the popular go to recipe for leftover bananas is banana bread of course. I know because I have made banana bread in at least a number of ways and flavors—from regular to chocolate banana bread, to banana nut muffins, to moist banana cake, etc. However, in this particular recipe I decided to tackle a banana cream pie, but this time by adding a little twist. Yes, you guessed it based on the recipe— I added cream cheese—hence the name. Plus, believe me when I say this recipe is as “easy as pie.” So take a look below and give this simple but oh so delicious banana cream pie a try.
EASY BANANA CREAM CHEESE PIE
Banana Cream Cheese Pie
This banana cream pie comes with my own special "twist"! It's simply cream cheese! Only a few ingredients are needed making it super simple to make but delicious to the taste!
Ingredients
- 8 oz Cream Cheese softened
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup Lightly Sweetened Whipped Cream reserve 3/4 cup as a topping for the filling
- 3 smashed Ripe Bananas Dried banana chips can be used as a topping if desired
- 1 Shortbread Pie Crust or a Vanilla Wafer if preferred
Instructions
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For the filling: In a mixing bowl, cream together cream cheese and sugar.
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Add in the milk and vanilla extract.
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Gently fold in the smashed bananas and the 1/4 cup of the whipped cream (either ready-made or home-made).
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Pour the fillng into a ready made pie crust of your choice. In this recipe I used a shortbread crust but vanilla wafer would be equally as delicious.
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Top the filling with the remaining whipped cream.
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Refrigerate for up to 4 hours. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
***For home-made whipped cream, simply beat 1 cup of chilled heavy cream for several minutes on medium high. Add in 1 teaspoon of vanilla , and 2 cups of powdered sugar, depending on how sweet you desire. Continue mixing until it stiffens and thickens.***
As always my recipes are made with healthy organic ingredients whenever possible.
