I love love love banana pudding, and Publix makes a really good batch. I miss Publix and their commercials that make you cry, because there are none here in Kentucky. I also miss my mom getting groceries for our family. She is the best grocery shopper because she gets all the goodies, and this one time she got banana pudding…for my dad. But I didn’t know it was for my dad. Actually, I think I did, and that’s why I planned on only eating a little bit. But like I said, Publix makes a good batch and so I ate the whole thing. That was bad choice numero uno.
Bad choice number two came soon after. My friend and fellow buttercreamer Sarah and I made the dum dum decision to make it up to my dad by trying to make him some homemade banana pudding…no Jello pudding but the real stuff. We bought the ingredients and headed to my house, and this is where things fell apart. We had to use a double broiler, which we had no clue what that was and the recipe said to stir constantly. So that is what we did for the next 5 hours. We would take turns, but this stuff would not turn to custard. I really don’t think I’m exaggerating either with the 5 hours.
This was just one of the many memories that came to me as I delved into making a homemade banana cream pie. I’ve never made anything this seriously homemade before.
I started by cooking a Pillsbury crust, which is not homemade and knowing Grandma Brocco would have disapproved I caved and made Grandma and Betty Crocker’s crust.
I read to put beans in the crust to weight it down.
I cooked the crust and simmered the custard, and things almost went awry because I didn't know simmer means to almost boil without actually boiling, but things worked out. And yes, Jack and I ate the whole thing! It's hard to give 5 stars, but this is as close as its gonna get!
Here's the
link to the recipe if you want to try.
And here's the
link for the homemade pie crust.
Enjoy!
