Lets talk pie very underrated and woefully under-represented in the FDB recipes

I used to love chess pie when I was little. A little to sweet for me now. Fruit pies are my favorite and peanut butter.

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why does no one do pies anymore? there's not even a cheesecake or apple pie recipe in the recipe book

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Perhaps the type of people who make pies often aren't the type of people who spend a lot of time on an internet message board.

I made this banana cream pie several months ago and it came out outstanding.

Crust

2 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup mashed banana
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted

Filling

1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups whipping cream
1 1/2 cups whole milk
3 large egg yolks
1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 ripe bananas (about 1 1/2 pounds total), peeled, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices

For crust:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Stir graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and mashed banana in large bowl to blend. Add unsalted butter and stir to moisten evenly. Press onto bottom and up sides of 10-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.

Bake crust until set and pale golden, about 15 minutes. Cool completely.

For filling:

Whisk sugar, cornstarch, and salt in heavy medium saucepan to blend. Gradually whisk in whipping cream and whole milk, then egg yolks. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add vanilla bean. Whisk over medium-high heat until custard thickens and boils, about 6 minutes. Remove from heat. Whisk in unsalted butter and vanilla extract. Discard vanilla bean. Transfer custard to large bowl; cool completely, whisking occasionally, about 1 hour.

Stir custard to loosen, if necessary. Spread 1 cup custard over bottom of prepared crust. Top with half of sliced bananas, then 1 cup custard, covering bananas completely. Repeat layering with remaining bananas and remaining custard. Chill banana cream pie until filling is set and crust softens slightly, at least 8 hours and up to 1 day. Cut pie into wedges and serve.

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My favorites are the no bake lemon icebox pies. Lemon season is coming.

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just say no to stupid cupcakes and yes to pie.

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I love a good pecan pie around the holidays- I just follow the recipe on the back of the Karo syrup bottle, with a little less sugar. Not much to it.

I enjoy a good lemon icebox in the summer time- I think it's just the juice of a lemon (maybe 2), a couple of beaten egg yolks, a can of condensed milk and a little zest. Pour into a Nilla Wafer crust (very important). Chill until set, top with whipped cream.

Pie is awesome. My favorite recipe.

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Chocolate cream pies are the best. Big layer of chocolate. small layer of whipped cream. Unfortunately most of the store made ones are the opposite.

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