Reduced-Fat Banana Cream Pie (Cooking Light)
- Crust
- 1 1/4 cups gingersnap crumbs (about 25 cookies, very finely crushed in a food processor or blender)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon egg white, lightly beaten
- 4 teaspoons margarine, melted (not light margarine)
- Filling
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 cup 1% low-fat milk
- 1 tablespoon margarine
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon banana extract (banana flavour)
- 2 cups sliced ripe bananas
- 1 cup Cool Whip Lite, thawed if frozen
- Combine first 3 ingredients in a small bowl; stir well. Add 1 tablespoon of egg white (discard remaining egg white) and 1 tablespoons melted margarine (I usually add a tiny bit more); toss with a fork until moistened. Press into bottom and 3/4 up sides of a 10-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. Bake at 325u0b0F for 17 minutes; let cool on a wire rack.
- Combine 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch, salt, and egg in a large bowl; stir well with a wire whisk, and set aside.
- Heat milk over medium-high heat in a medium heavy saucepan to 180u0b0F or until tiny bubbles form around edge (do not boil).
- Remove from heat. Gradually add hot milk to sugar mixture, stirring constantly with whisk.
- Return milk mixture to pan. Add 1 tablespoon margarine, and cook over medium heat 4 minutes or until thickened and bubbly, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low, and cook an additional 2 minutes, stirring constantly until it has reached a thick custard consistency.
- Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and banana flavour.
- Place pan in a large ice-filled bowl for 25 minutes or until egg mixture cools to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
- Remove pan from ice. Fold in the sliced ripe banana until evenly dispersed, and spoon mixture into prepared crust. Spread whipped topping evenly over filling. Cover loosely, and chill 4 hours.
- Served garnished with additional bananas and sprinkled cinnamon.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/reduced-fat-banana-cream-pie-cooking-light-361221 (may not work)