Chocolate–Peanut Butter Banana Cream Pie

Name: Chocolate–Peanut Butter Banana Cream Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: US & Canada
Ingredients: 5 ripe, bananas; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 2 1/2 cups plus 1 1/2 tablespoons, half-and-half; 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces/99 grams) plus 2 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 6 , large egg yolks; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 3 tablespoons, cornstarch; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 , Pillsbury Just Unroll! Pie Crust; 4 ounces (113 grams), milk chocolate, chopped; 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped, salted, dry-roasted peanuts; 2 tablespoons, orange juice; 1 cup, heavy cream; 2 tablespoons, creamy peanut butter; 2 tablespoons, confectioners' sugar

Desserts or Baked Goods
US & Canada
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Fruit
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Cook's Extras

Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2012

We wanted to have our silky-smooth, creamy banana cream pie and slice it, too. The impossible dream?

SERVES 8

TIME 1½ hours, plus 40 minutes steeping, 1½ hours cooling, and 5 hours chilling

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