County Fair Banana Cream Pie

Total Time: 56 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups pecans
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3 cups flour
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup milk
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon or 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 bananas
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 2 cups heavy cream
• pecans, chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 for the crust: chop pecans very fine,preferably in a food processor fitted with a metal blade.
• 2 place in bowl with other crust ingredients and mix until well blended.
• 3 divide in half and press into the bottom of 2 pie pans.
• 4 chill 30 minutes.
• 5 bake the pie crusts for 25 minutes at 350 degrees.
• 6 cool completely.
• 7 for chocolate layer: melt chocolate with butter and corn syrup in the top of a double boiler set over hot,not boiling water.
• 8 stir frequently.
• 9 remove from heat and cool,then stir in vanilla.
• 10 divide between cooked pie crusts and spread evenly.
• 11 for filling: heat milk in a medium size saucepan over medium heat to scald.
• 12 beat the egg yolks and gradually add sugar.
• 13 then beat in flour.
• 14 gradually stir in hot milk.
• 15 transfer to medium saucepan and cook,stirring constantly over medium high heat (use a whisk). the mixture will lump as it begins to thicken.
• 16 bring the mixture to a boil and boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• 17 remove from the pan from heat and continue to stir until the mixture is smooth.
• 18 then, beat in butter and optional .
• 19 cool to room temperature.
• 20 peel the bananas, slice very thin and toss with lemon juice.
• 21 whip 1 cup of the cream until it is firm but not stiff.
• 22 mix about 1/4 of the cream into the cooled egg mixture to lighten it, then fold the remaining cream and bananas into egg mixture.
• 23 fill the pastry shells with banana cream and smooth to even.
• 24 beat remaining cream until stiff.
• 25 spoon around edge of the pies and sprinkle with chopped pecans, if desired.