Here is my beautiful, finished, banana creme pie. It looks innocent doesn’t it?
Turns out, it wasn’t so innocent. My mom spit out the first bite. I have a bit of a queasy stomach now anyway, so I decided to forgo the taste test. This beautiful pie ended up in the trash.
But, in the spirit of Tuesdays with Dorie and the many others who did have success with this pie, here is what I did…
First, I made the pastry creme. I thought it turned out okay. It thickened fast and when I tasted it, it tasted slightly like this Cream of Wheat Pudding that I use to make when I was doing Weight Watchers Core. That seemed a bit odd to me, but I continued laboring over the pie…
And then I made the homemade whipped cream for the top.
Finally, I layered it all together in my pie crust and let it chill for several hours so it would be ready for dessert on Sunday evening. After a yummy spring supper of grilled hamburgers, coleslaw, and onion rings, we were set to dig into the pie.And my mom took the first bite. And out it came. “Something is wrong with this,” she said. I gave Bo a bite at the same time and he made a funny look, but then wanted more. I gave it to him. The boy will eat anything.
What’s wrong with it? I asked. I let Mom read the recipe and she decided that something had gone wrong with my milk.
The milk had boiled over… Apparently, this is a very bad thing.
We’ll chalk this one up in the failure category.
Wait, what does it mean when the milk boils over??? I’m confused!
I am so sorry that you couldn’t eat that gorgeous pie!
My mom and Mike seemed to think that the milk cooked too long and that ruined the whole thing.
I figured it was okay, and still used the milk, they don’t think I should have…
Thoughts?
ewww….sorry it was so bad.
It was a great pie
Hmmmm. I think your mom may be right. Sorry this didn’t work out for you!
This beautiful pie was really nasty to say the least….
Milk has to be stirred constantly to keep it from burning/scorching just like making pudding from a box.
Also the amount of nutmeg may have been a little to much.. for this recipe,too.
I love banana cream pie but sure not this one!!!
Mom
Hi Jamie! This has nothing to do with your banana creme pie, although I think I’m going to try to make one (I am no baker!) – my husband really likes banana flavored foods.
Anyway, I am not sure why I didn’t think to send you this website before, but Jessie (also from IL and a former patient of Dr. J) has twins. She just posted on her pregnancy – haven’t read the whole thing, but wanted to pass her site along – http://mckinneytwins.blogspot.com/
I have no idea about the milk, but I’m sorry you had to throw out the pie.
Ugh, the worst part about the milk boiling over is the mess it leaves on the stove. Happens at our house from time to time
Sorry the pie wasn’t a success.
Sorry it didn’t turn out! But it was quite cute!
Well it looked great anyway! Sorry it didn’t turn out. There’s always next week!