Banana Pie

Ingredients

• rich pie pastry, prebaked
• 2 or 3 sliced bananas
• 1 cup milk
• lemon juice
• 14 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 egg whites, beaten
• 2 egg yolks, beaten
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Bake the pastry and when it and the custard are cool, line the pie shell with the bananas over which have been squeezed a little lemon juice.

2. 2

   For custard, scald the milk.

3. 3

   Beat the sugar, flour, and egg yolks together and add the milk slowly.

4. 4

   Cook in the top of the double boiler until it thickens and then let cool.

5. 5

   Add vanilla and pour it over the bananas and cover with the meringue.

6. 6

   Beat the egg whites until stiff, add the sugar and vanilla and beat again.

7. 7

   Cover the custard and set in a 375-degree oven to lightly brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A lady of good taste (1954) by Mary Katherine Reynolds Babcock, page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Banana Pie rich pie pastry, prebaked custard: 2 or 3 sliced bananas 1 cup milk lemon juice 14 cup sugar meringue: 2 tablespoons flour 2 egg whites, beaten 2 egg yolks, beaten 4 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla

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