banana cream pie

So I don't know if any of you know this, but I nanny for my job, and today Erin and I made a banana cream pie! I'm not gonna lie, it was pretty dang good.  It is super easy and fun to make. if you wanted, you could totally change it up to fit your preferences.  

end result :)

ingredients:

- oversized pie pan

- 1 box vanilla wafers 

- 1/3 cup butter

- 4-5 bananas

- 2 boxes vanilla or banana pudding (you could also do a homemade pudding if you would rather, which I haven't done before, but I might try one of these days)

- 1 cup whipping cream
- 2 tsp. powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
(or instead of whipping cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla you could use canned whip cream. and also, the measurements for the whip cream are very unexact.  I usually just estimate and so you might just want to play around with it.  but those are the three things you will need for it.)


directions:
The first thing you will want to do is to make the pudding because it will take a while to cool down, which is what you want.  So either follow the directions on the box or the recipe for your own pudding.  After that is done, stick it on a hot pad in the freezer so it can cool down asap.


The next thing is the crust.  Preheat the oven to 375ºF.  Crush vanilla wafers a few at a time until you have 1 1/2 cups of crushed wafers.  Melt the butter completely and then stir the wafers and butter together until completely incorporated.  Press the mixture into the pie pan until it is crust-like. Put the crust into the oven for 5 minutes and then take it out to cool completely.  

If desired, you can put whole wafers along the side of the pie pan as well.  As soon as the crust and the pudding has cooled down (or the pudding is at least getting to the point where it is cool) you can start layering.  
bananas
half of the pudding
bananas
the rest of the pudding
broken bits of vanilla wafers

let the pie chill for a couple hours


For the whip cream, just combine the whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla and beat on high until it can form peaks.  You will know when it looks like whip cream.  Cut up the pie, slather on some whip cream and enjoy!!!