Banana Pudding Pie

Name: Banana Pudding Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 cups (8⅓ ounces), Nilla Wafer cookies; 3 tablespoons, packed light brown sugar; 1 tablespoon, all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 2 teaspoons, unflavored gelatin; 1 3/4 cups, half-and-half, divided; 3/4 cup (5¼ ounces), granulated sugar; 5 , large egg yolks; 2 tablespoons, all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; Pinch , ground cinnamon; Pinch , ground allspice; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 2 pieces and chilled; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 2 , ripe bananas, peeled and sliced ¼ inch thick (1½ cups); 1/3 cup (2⅓ ounces), granulated sugar; 1/3 cup packed (2⅓ ounces), light brown sugar; 4 , large egg whites; 1/4 teaspoon, cream of tartar; 1/8 teaspoon, table salt

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2020, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

American

Fruit

Puddings, Custards, Gelatins, & Souffles

Dessert Pies

With a cookie crust, creamy pudding, and browned meringue, this pie is truly bananas.

SERVES8

TIME1¼ hours, plus 4 hours chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This pie—our take on the signature dessert at Buxton Hall Barbecue in Asheville, North Carolina (read about our visit here)—is a reimagining of the classic layered dessert of vanilla pudding, Nilla Wafers, and sliced bananas. For a sturdy c...

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