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This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie was chosen by Amy of Sing for Your Supper. If you would like to make this recipe, you can find it in Dorie Greenspan’s fabulous book Baking From My Home to Yours on pages 342 and 343, or visit Amy’s blog above as she has it posted there.
I love banana cream pie. The standard banana cream pie has a vanilla custard filling with whipped cream on top, though I’ve heard several people say they’ve always had it with a meringue topping. At any rate, banana cream pie is one of my favorites. When I read the ingredients in Dorie’s version I’ll admit I wasn’t totally sure what I would think of it. I have to say that 1) there’s no pie left and 2) I was pleasantly surprised at the wonderful flavor this pie had! It is definitely different than the traditional version as the pastry cream uses brown instead of white sugar and there’s the addition of cinnamon and nutmeg. It smiled like Christmas in my kitchen when I was baking :)
This pie is fabulous, though I put it into a different bracket than your everyday Banana Cream Pie. I think I would call this Banana Holiday Pie or even Brown Sugar Banana Pie. A delicious twist that doesn’t have an overbearing sweetness. Tasty, creamy, smooth, just yum. Came together beautifully without any problems!
To see how the other TWD bakers panned out, visit he TWD blog for a list of blogs to visit.
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Your pie looks really good, glad you liked it!!
Whatever you choose to call the pie it looks wonderful! Don’tscha jst love when you have doubts about a recipe and it all works out?!
~ingrid
Yours turned out great! Mine had issues, you’ll see. lol
It certainly looks good – and judging from the fact that you don’t have any leftovers, I’d say it was a success!
But brown sugar pie does sound much better!
That is quite different from the normal isn’t it. It sounds and looks wonderful!!
Your pie looks great! It is a bit non-traditional but delicious nonetheless! :)
Yours looks yummy! I like the richness that the brown sugar added.
It looks great! Glad you liked it! Thanks for baking with me this week!
-Amy
http://www.singforyoursupperblog.com
This looks lovely! It belongs in the cookbook!
Your pie looks gorgeous!! I agree, your picture belongs in the cookbook!
Looks beautiful! I also like that its not unbearably sweet!
Your pie looks wonderful. Of course, I’m totally smitten with that wonderful, thick layer of whipped cream on the top — that’s always my favorite part!
Mmm, I love anything that ends in “cream pie”. Especially banana. Yummy!
Superb creamy and yummy.
Great looking pie! WE all loved this recipe too. I used a peanut butter crust with mine and it was so good!
Banana cream pie is one of my comfort foods. Nice work.
Looks gorgeous.
So glad you liked it, i did too. Very yummy :)
What a perfectly fabulous pie! Just perfect!!
oooohhh!!!! look at all those lovely layers. Hope mine comes out as pretty as yours. Looks yummy!
Look at those beautiful layers! WOW! very nice job!
Wow — it looks incredible! Your layers are so tall and regal, and your photos are beautiful! We loved this pie too.
Amanda, this is the best looking banana cream pie EVER!
Banana-fabulous job! Please, pretty please, share a slice.
Brown Sugar Banana Pie gets my vote for title. Your photos are beautiful!!
So decadent! I am now officially craving this! Cheers!
I love the big pillowy whipped cream on top – your pie looks perfect. I just want to rest my cheek against it and dream.
Very nice Amanda, I’m glad you liked it so much! Like you say… it is a very easy to make, quick and great dessert!
I think your pie looks awesome.
Wow.. your pie looks perfect! Love the pictures :)
Wow, what a luscious pie. Mmm, and I love the name Brown Sugar Banana Pie… very holiday-ey!
Your pie looks amazing! Its picture perfect!
I like the new name Brown Sugar Banana Pie, definitely more special than regular ol’ banana cream pie
I’m glad you liked it! It looks wonderful and delicious.
Ciao ! I love how your banana cream pie looks ! The flavour was fantastic !I can’t believe you made amaretti !!
All those layers look delicious. I loved the pie but thought it was different than the normal banana cream pie.
Beautiful pie photos! It’s definitely a Holiday pie. Well done!
Oh I think I will have to make this one!
YES! Brown sugar banana pie is a perfect name for this! Seriously, I am DYING from how high you have gotten that pie! It is AMAZING and I am totally craving it all over again!
I agree – it did make the kitchen smell like Christmas. A fabulous pie!
I agree – it did make the kitchen smell like Christmas. A fabulous pie!
Your pie looks delicious! I had some issues with this recipe, but in the end it turned out okay. I would make it again if only to conquer my issues. :)
Oh, I like “brown sugar banana pie”… that’s perfect!
Yours looks so scrumptious :)
What a great looking pie! It looks stacked with custard and bananas and cream.