banana cream pie.

i grew up eating birthday pie instead of birthday cake. and store-bought pie crusts were a big no-no in my house.

here is a simple and delicious pie crust recipe:

1 Cup Flour
1/2 Cup Butter Crisco
1/4 Cup COLD Water
1/2 Teaspoon Salt

Mix flour, salt and crisco together with pastry cutter. Make a hole in the center of mix and add the cold water. Mix with a fork mixing as little as possible. Crust should be gentle, but firm. Roll out and place in dish. Press edges firmly with fork and poke center a few times with fork.



Bake @ 475 degrees for approx. 8 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes one pie crust. Kimball really likes thick pie crust, so i usually double this recipe.



Cool pie crust. Mix 2 small packages of Jello banana cream pudding according to the pie directions. Fill cooled pie crust.




Basic homemade whipping cream:

1 cup heavy cream
1 tsp. vanilla (almond extract is also a great option here)
1/4 cup sugar

whip cream and vanilla until cream thickens. add 1/4 cup sugar and mix until desired consistency.