Banana Pudding Pie

Name: Banana Pudding Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: US & Canada
Ingredients: 4 cups (8⅓ ounces/236 grams), 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/149 grams), 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/66 grams), granulated sugar; 1/3 cup packed (2⅓ ounces/66 grams), light brown sugar; 4 , large egg whites; 1/4 teaspoon, cream of tartar; 1/8 teaspoon, table salt

Desserts or Baked Goods
US & Canada
Fruits & Vegetables
Fruit
Puddings, Custards, Gelatins, & Souffles
Dessert Pies
Easter

By Jessica Rudolph ･ Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2020, Cook's Country TV

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

SERVES 8

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 4 hours chilling

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